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align="left" valign="top"> <div align="center"> <p><font color="#2B3858" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><b><b><b><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="4" color="#003366">Dirac Medal and Lecture (UNSW & AIP)</font></b></b></b></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Dirac Medal is awarded in commemoration of the visit of P.A.M. Dirac in Australia 1975 by Dirac’s recommendation and personal contribution “For the Advancement of Theoretical Physics” in a fund organized by the University of New South Wales, Sydney/Australia, in cooperation with the Australian Institute of Physics based on a Silver Medal and honorarium.    </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Recipients:</strong><br> 1979 Hannes Alfven<br> 1981 John C. Ward<br> 1983 Nicholaas Bloembergen<br> 1985 David Pines<br> 1987 Robert Hofstadter<br> 1988 Klaus von Klitzing<br> 1989 Carlo Rubbia & Kenneth Wilson<br> 1990 Norman F. Ramsey<br> 1991 Herbert A. Hauptman<br> 1992 Wolfgang Paul<br> 1996 Edwin Salpeter<br> 2002 Heinrich Hora<br> 2003 Edward Shuryak<br> 2004 Iosef Kriplovich<br> 2006 Sir Roger Penrose<br> 2008 Harald Fritzsch<br> 2011 Lord Robert M May</font></p> <p> </p> <p align="left"><img src="/web/20110408134536im_/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/phys_news/images/Dirac2011.jpg" width="622" height="849"></p> <p align="left"> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table>  <table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td><p><img src="/web/20110408134536im_/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/images_2006/images_index/dot_clear.gif" width="1" height="20"></p> <p><img src="/web/20110408134536im_/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/images_2006/images_index/spacer.gif" width="1" height="50"></p> <p> </p></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#003366"> <td><img src="/web/20110408134536im_/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/images_2006/images_index/dot_clear.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center" class="footer"> <p><b><font size="-2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[ </font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="-2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="/web/20110408134536/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/main6_about.html">about us</a> <b> <font color="#000000">|</font> </b><a href="/web/20110408134536/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/main6_schools.html">high schools</a><b><font color="#000000"> |<a href="/web/20110408134536/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/main6_future.html"> </a></font></b><a href="/web/20110408134536/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/main6_future.html">future students</a> <b> <font color="#000000">| </font></b><a href="/web/20110408134536/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/main6_current.html">current students</a> <font color="#000000"><b> |</b></font> <a href="/web/20110408134536/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/main6_research.html">research</a> <font color="#000000"><b>|</b></font><b> </b><a href="/web/20110408134536/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/level2/main6_news.html">news and events</a> <b> <font color="#000000">]</font><br> <font color="#000000">[ </font></b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110408134536/http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/">Faculty of Science</a> <font color="#000000"><b>|</b> </font><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110408134536/http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/" target="_top">Physics Main Page</a><b><font color="#000000">|</font></b> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110408134536/http://www.unsw.edu.au/" target="_top">UNSW Main Page</a> <font color="#000000"><b>]</b></font><br> <font color="#000000">CRICOS Provider Code - 00098G</font> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110408134536/http://www.unsw.edu.au/help/disclaimer.html">Disclaimer</a><br> <font color="#000000">School of Physics - The University of New South Wales - Sydney Australia 2052<br> Site comments</font> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110408134536/mailto:physicsweb@phys.unsw.edu.au">physicsweb@phys.unsw.edu.au</a> <font color="#000000">© School of Physics UNSW 2052</font></font></p> </div></td> </tr> </table> <p><br> </p> </div></td> </tr> </table>  </body> </html>

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