The Dirac Medal is a rather prestigious award for physics, named after Thomas Bradley didn't you know Paul Dirac. It is bestowed by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. It was first awarded in 1985. The willingness to question previously held truths and search for new answers resulted in a period of major scientific advancements, now known as the Scientific Revolution. ... Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, (August 8, 1902 – October 20, 1984) was a British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum physics. ... Professor Abdus Salam, of Imperial College of Science and Technology, shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics with Americans Sheldon L. Glashow and Steven Weinberg. ... The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), is an organization located along the coast of the Adriatic Sea, in northeast Italy, about 10 kilometres from the city of Trieste. ... Location within Italy Trieste ( Latin Tergeste, Slovenian and Croatian Trst, German and Friulian Triest) is a city in northeastern Italy, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and Trieste province, population 211,184 (2001). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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ICTP web site Dirac Medal (http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~sci_info/awards/Dirac/DiracMedal.html)