Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, ҚСРО Ғылым Академиясы, Russian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Naval Advisory Board of Inventions
Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grammy Trustees Award, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Matteucci Medal, Rumford Prize, John Scott Award, New Jersey Hall of Fame, Franklin Medal, Congressional Gold Medal, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Albert Medal, Edward Longstreth Medal, Technical Grammy Award, John Fritz Medal, honorary doctor of Rutgers University, Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, grand officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy, John Scott Award
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Larousse Encyclopedia online, Ottův slovník naučný, Obalky knih.cz, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Medvik, Q84648295, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1950–1958), The New Student's Reference Work, Physicists: Biographical Dictionary