The Dirac Prize is the name of three prominent awards in the field of theoretical physics, computational chemistry, and mathematics, awarded by different organizations. Look up Award in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Theoretical physics employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics, as opposed to experimental processes, in an attempt to understand nature. ... Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses the results of theoretical chemistry incorporated into efficient computer programs to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids, applying these programs to complement the information obtained by actual chemical experiments, predict hitherto unobserved chemical phenomena, and solve related problems. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ...

Dirac Medal of the ICTP

The Dirac Medal of the ICTP is given each year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in honour of physicist P.A.M. Dirac. The award, given each year on August 8 (Dirac's birthday), was first awarded in 1985. Founded in 1964, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) operates under a tripartite agreement between the Government of Italy and two UN agencies, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ... Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. ... Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, OM, FRS (IPA: [dɪræk]) (August 8, 1902 – October 20, 1984) was a British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum physics. ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

An international committee of distinguished scientists selects the winners from a list of nominated candidates. The Committee invites nominations from scientists working in the fields of theoretical physics or mathematics.

The Dirac Medal of the ITCP is not awarded to prior Nobel Laureates, Fields Medalists, or Wolf Prize winners. The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awarded for Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine. ... The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union, a meeting that takes place every four years. ... The Wolf Prize has been awarded annually since 1978 to living scientists and artists for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples . ...

The medallists also receive a prize of US$ 5,000.

Recipients

• 1985 Edward Witten, Yakov Zel'dovich
• 1986 Alexander Polyakov, Yoichiro Nambu
• 1987 Bruno Zumino, Bryce DeWitt
• 1988 David J. Gross, Efim S. Fradkin
• 1989 John H. Schwarz, Michael Green
• 1990 Ludwig Faddeev, Sidney Coleman
• 1991 Jeffrey Goldstone, Stanley Mandelstam
• 1992 Nikolai Bogoliubov, Yakov G. Sinai
• 1993 Daniel Z. Freedman, Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, Sergio Ferrara
• 1994 Frank Wilczek
• 1995 Michael Berry
• 1996 Martinus J.G. Veltman, Tullio Regge
• 1997 David Olive, Peter Goddard
• 1998 Roman Jackiw, Stephen L. Adler
• 1999 Giorgio Parisi
• 2000 Helen Quinn, Howard Georgi, Jogesh Pati
• 2001 John Hopfield
• 2002 Alan Guth, Andrei Linde, Paul Steinhardt
• 2003 Robert Kraichnan, Vladimir Zakharov
• 2004 Curtis Callan, James Bjorken
• 2005 Patrick Lee, Sir Samuel Frederick Edwards
• 2006 Peter Zoller
• 2007 Jean Iliopoulos, Luciano Maiani

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DeWitt (January 8, 1923—September 23, 2004) was a theoretical physicist best known for his role in formulating the fundamental Wheeler_deWitt equation. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... David Gross and his wife in Santa Barbara David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is an American physicist and string theorist. ... Efim Samoilovich Fradkin (Russian: Ефим Самойлович Фрадкин) (November 30, 1924-March 25, 1999) was a Russian physicist. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... John Henry Schwarz John Henry Schwarz (born 1941) is an American theoretical physicist. ... Michael Boris Green (born 22 May 1946) is a physicist who is one of the pioneers of string theory. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev (Russian: ), also Ludwig Dmitriyevich (born on March 23, 1934 in Leningrad) is a Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician. ... Sidney Coleman at Harvard University Sidney Coleman is an eminent theoretical physicist. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Jeffrey Goldstone is a theoretical physicist and an emeritus physics faculty at MIT. He was educated at the Cambridge University. ... Stanley Mandelstam is a British physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogoliubov (21 August 1909 – 13 February 1992) was a Russian-Ukrainian mathematician and theoretical physicist known for his work in statistical field theory and dynamical systems. ... Yakov G. Sinai, Russian: (1935-) is one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Daniel Z. Freedman is an American theoretical physicist. ... Peter van Nieuwenhuizen (born October 26, 1938) is a Dutch physicist. ... Sergio Ferrara (1945-) is an Italian physicist working at the University of California, Los Angeles. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Frank Wilczek (born May 15, 1951) is a Nobel prize winning American physicist. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Sir Michael (Victor) Berry, born 14 March 1941, is a mathematical physicist at the University of Bristol. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Martinus J.G. Veltman (Tini for short) (born June 27, 1931) is a 1999 Nobel prize laureate for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics, work done at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. ... Tullio Regge (born July 11, 1931 in Turin) is an Italian physicist. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Image:Http://www. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Roman W. Jackiw is a theoretical physicist and Dirac Medallist. ... Stephen L. Adler (b. ... This article is about the year. ... Giorgio Parisi (Rome, August 4, 1948-) is an influential Italian theoretical physicist, . He is best known for his works concerning statistical mechanics, quantum field theory and various aspects of Physics, Mathematics and Science in general. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Helen Quinn was born in Australia in 1943. ... Howard Mason Georgi III, born in 1947 in San Bernardino, California, is Harvard College Professor and Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University, where he is also Director of Undergraduate Studies in Physics and Master of Leverett House. ... Professor Jogesh C. Pati is a physicist at the University of Maryland, College Park, the joint recipient of the 2000 Dirac Medal. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... John J. Hopfield is an American scientist most widely known for his invention of associative neural network in 1982. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Alan Harvey Guth (born February 27, 1947) is a physicist and cosmologist. ... Andrei Linde is an American physicist and professor of Physics at Californias Stanford University. ... Paul J. Steinhardt is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science at Princeton University and a professor of theoretical physics. ... 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Luciano Maiani is an Italian physicist best known for his prediction of the charm quark with Glashow and Iliopoulos. ...

Paul Dirac Medal and Prize

The Paul Dirac Medal and Prize is awarded annually by the Institute of Physics ( Britain's and Ireland's main professional body for physicists) for "outstanding contributions to theoretical (including mathematical and computational) physics". The award, which includes a silver gilt medal and a £1000 prize, was decided upon by the Institute of Physics in 1985, and first granted in 1987. The Institute of Physics (IOP) is Britain and Irelands main professional body for physicists. ...

Recipients

• 1987 Stephen Hawking
• 1988 John Bell
• 1989 Roger Penrose
• 1990 Michael Berry
• 1991 Rudolf Peierls
• 1992 Anthony Leggett
• 1993 David Thouless
• 1994 Volker Heine
• 1995 Daniel Walls
• 1996 John Pendry
• 1997 Peter Higgs
• 1998 David Deutsch
• 1999 Ian Percival
• 2000 John Cardy
• 2001 Brian Ridley
• 2002 John Hannay
• 2003 Christopher Hull
• 2004 Michael Green
• 2005 John Ellis
• 2006 Mike Gillan
• 2007 David Sherrington

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Dirac Medal of the WATOC

The Dirac Medal is awarded annually by the The World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists for "for the outstanding computational chemist in the world under the age of 40". The award was first granted in 1998.

Recipients

• 1998 Timothy J. Lee
• 1999 Peter Gill
• 2000 Jiali Gao
• 2001 Martin Kaupp
• 2002 Jerzy Cioslowski
• 2003 Peter Schreiner
• 2004 Jan Martin
• 2005 Ursula Roethlisberger
• 2006 Lucas Visscher
• 2007 Anna Krylov
• 2008 Kenneth Ruud

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See also

• List of prizes
• Prizes named after people

A list of famous prizes, medals, and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc. ... This is a list of prizes that are named after people. ...

External links

• http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~sci_info/awards/Dirac/DiracMedal.html
• http://www.iop.org/Our_Activities/Awards/Premier_Awards/The_Dirac_Medal_and_Prize/page_1731.html
• http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/watoc/