Kelvin Medal
The Kelvin Medal (Kelvin Prize) is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Physics since 1994 for public communication of physics, for example to non-fiction authors and journalists. It is named after Lord Kelvin and endowed with 1000 pounds.
Award winners
- 2019 Philip Ball , BBC
- 2018 Bobby Acharya , King's College London
- 2017 Wendy Sadler , Science Made Simple, Cardiff University
- 2016 Brady Haran , Michael Merrifield , Philip Moriarty , University of Nottingham
- 2015 Christopher Lintott , University of Oxford
- 2014 Tim O'Brien and Teresa Anderson , University of Manchester
- 2013 Jeff Forshaw , University of Manchester
- 2012 Graham Farmelo , especially for his biography of Paul Dirac
- 2011 Jim Al-Khalili , Professor at the University of Surrey
- 2010 Brian Cox , Professor in Manchester, for contributions to radio and television
- 2009 John D. Barrow
- 2008 Simon Singh
- 2007 Charles Jenkins , Australian National University for the development of Lab in a Lorry (laboratory in the van)
- 2006 Kathy Sykes , University of Bristol, initiator of the Cheltenham Science Festival, TV contributions
- 2005 Heather Reid , BBC Scotland, Physics for School Children
- 2004 Michael Gluyas , Wendy Gluyas
- 2003 Peter Barham
- 2002 Peter Kalmus
- 2001 Paul Davies
- 2000 Colin Humphreys
- 1999 John Anthony Scott
- 1998 Lesley Glasser
- 1997 Brian W. Delf
- 1996 Frank Close