Dirac Medal (IOP)
The Dirac Medal of the Institute of Physics is a since 1987, awarded prize for theoretical physics (and Computational Physics) in honor of Paul Dirac . It has been one of the institute's gold medals since 2008. It is endowed with 1000 pounds.
There is also a Dirac medal from the ICTP in Trieste.
Award winners
- 1987 Stephen Hawking
- 1988 John Stewart Bell
- 1989 Roger Penrose
- 1990 Michael Berry
- 1991 Rudolf Peierls
- 1992 Anthony James Leggett
- 1993 David J. Thouless
- 1994 Volker Heine
- 1995 Daniel Frank Walls
- 1996 John Pendry
- 1997 Peter Higgs
- 1998 David German
- 1999 Ian C. Percival
- 2000 John Cardy
- 2001 Brian Kidd Ridley
- 2002 John Hannay
- 2003 Christopher Hull
- 2004 Michael Boris Green
- 2005 John Ellis
- 2006 Michael Gillan
- 2007 David Sherrington
- 2008 Bryan Webber
- 2009 Michael Cates
- 2010 James Binney
- 2011 Christopher Isham
- 2012 Graham Ross
- 2013 Stephen Mark Barnett
- 2014 Tim Palmer
- 2015 John David Barrow
- 2016 Sandu Popescu
- 2017 Michael Duff
- 2018 John Chalker
- 2019 Richard Ellis