Organization:Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal

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Short description: Gold medal awarded annually by the Institute of Physics
Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Sponsored byInstitute of Physics
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Reward(s)Gold medal, £1000
First awarded2008
WebsiteOfficial website
Replica of Newton's second reflecting telescope, which he presented to the Royal Society in 1672[1]

The Isaac Newton Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually by the Institute of Physics (IOP) accompanied by a prize of £1,000.[2] The award is given to a physicist, regardless of subject area, background or nationality, for outstanding contributions to physics. The award winner is invited to give a lecture at the Institute. It is named in honour of Sir Isaac Newton.

The first medal was awarded in 2008 to Anton Zeilinger, having been announced in 2007.[3] It gained national recognition in the UK in 2013 when it was awarded for technology that could lead to an 'invisibility cloak'.[4][5] By 2018 it was recognised internationally as the highest honour from the IOP.[6]

Recipients

  • 2022 - Margaret Murnane for "pioneering and sustained contributions to the development of ultrafast lasers and coherent X-ray sources and the use of such sources to understand the quantum nature of materials."[7]
  • 2021 - David Deutsch for "founding the discipline named quantum computation and establishing quantum computation's fundamental idea, now known as the ‘qubit’ or quantum bit."[8]
  • 2020 - Nader Engheta for "groundbreaking innovation and transformative contributions to electromagnetic complex materials and nanoscale optics, and for pioneering development of the fields of near-zero-index metamaterials, and material-inspired analogue computation and optical nanocircuitry".
  • 2019 - Sir Michael Pepper for "the creation of the field of semiconductor nanoelectronics and discovery of new quantum phenomena"[9][10][11][12][13]
  • 2018 - Paul Corkum for "his outstanding contributions to experimental physics"[6][14][15][16]
  • 2017 – Charles L. Bennett for his "leadership of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe, a satellite experiment that revolutionized cosmology, transforming it from an order-of-magnitude game to a paragon of precision science".[17][18]
  • 2016 – Tom Kibble (posthumously)[19] for his "outstanding lifelong commitment to physics".
  • 2015 – Eli Yablonovitch for his "visionary and foundational contributions to photonic nanostructures".[20][21][22]
  • 2014 – Deborah S. Jin for "pioneering the field of quantum-degenerate Fermi gases".[23][24][25]
  • 2013 – John Pendry for his “seminal contributions to surface science, disordered systems and photonics”.[26][4][27][5]
  • 2012 – Martin Rees for his outstanding contributions to relativistic astrophysics and cosmology.[28][29]
  • 2011 – Leo Kadanoff for "inventing conceptual tools that reveal the deep implications of scale invariance on the behavior of phase transitions and dynamical systems."[30]
  • 2010 – Edward Witten for "his many profound contributions that have transformed areas of particle theory, quantum field theory and general relativity."[31][32]
  • 2009 – Alan Guth for "his invention of the inflationary universe model, his recognition that inflation would solve major problems confronting then-standard cosmology, and his calculation, with others, of the spectrum of density fluctuations that gave rise to structure in the universe".[33]
  • 2008 – Anton Zeilinger for "his pioneering conceptual and experimental contributions to the foundations of quantum physics, which have become the cornerstone for the rapidly-evolving field of quantum information".[3][34]

See also

References

  1. ↑ King, Henry C (2003). The History of the Telescope. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-486-43265-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=KAWwzHlDVksC&dq=%22history%2Bof%2Bthe%2Btelescope%22. 
  2. ↑ "Isaac Newton Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. http://www.iop.org/about/awards/newton/page_38399.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Anton Zeilinger scoops first Isaac Newton medal". Physics World. 3 October 2007. https://physicsworld.com/a/anton-zeilinger-scoops-first-isaac-newton-medal/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Palmer, Jason (June 30, 2013). "Cloaking pioneer nets physics prize". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-23081852. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Silverman, Rosa (July 1, 2013). "'Invisibility cloak' scientist wins Isaac Newton Medal". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/10152577/Invisibility-cloak-scientist-wins-Isaac-Newton-Medal.html. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Canadian physicist Paul Corkum is recipient of the highest medal awarded by the UK Institute of Physics". Canadian Association of Physicists. 12 July 2018. https://www.cap.ca/publications/cap-news/canadian-physicist-paul-corkum-recipient-highest-medal-awarded-uk-institute-physics/. 
  7. ↑ https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2022-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize
  8. ↑ "2021 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. https://www.iop.org/about/awards/2021-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize. 
  9. ↑ "2019 Institute of Physics Awards — Department of Physics". University of Cambridge. 10 July 2019. https://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/news/2019-institute-of-physics-awards. 
  10. ↑ "Physicist behind new quantum phenomena and T-ray detection of cancer receives highest Institute of Physics accolade — Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division". University of Oxford. 5 July 2019. https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/news/physicist-behind-new-quantum-phenomena-and-t-ray-detection-of-cancer-receives-highest-institute-of-physics-accolade. 
  11. ↑ "TeraView's founder, Sir Michael Pepper, receives highest Institute of Physics accolade". Cambridge Network. https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/teraview%E2%80%99s-founder-sir-michael-pepper-receives-highest-institute-physics-accolade. 
  12. ↑ "Professor Sir Michael Pepper receives the 2019 Issac Newton Medal and Prize from the IoP". London Centre for Nanotechnology. https://www.london-nano.com/news-events/professor-sir-michael-pepper-receives-2019-issac-newton-medal-and-prize-iop. 
  13. ↑ "Sir Michael Pepper receives highest Institute of Physics accolade". 18 July 2019. https://teraview.com/2019/07/18/sir-michael-pepper-receives-highest-institute-of-physics-accolade/. 
  14. ↑ "Ultrafast laser pioneer Corkum wins IOP's Isaac Newton medal". https://optics.org/news/9/7/14. 
  15. ↑ "Careers and people". Physics World 31 (8): 49. August 8, 2018. doi:10.1088/2058-7058/31/8/41. Bibcode: 2018PhyW...31h..49.. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/31/8/41. 
  16. ↑ "Dr. Paul Corkum ('65) Awarded Isaac Newton Medal and Prize by UK Institute of Physics - Acadia University". Acadia University, Canada. 13 July 2018. https://www2.acadiau.ca/home/news-reader-page/dr-paul-corkum-65-awarded-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize-by-uk-institute-of-physics.html. 
  17. ↑ "Chuck Bennett receives Isaac Newton Medal & Prize from the Institute of Physics". Johns Hopkins University. 30 June 2017. https://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/2017/06/30/chuck-bennett-awarded-isaac-newton-medal-prize-from-the-institute-of-physics/. 
  18. ↑ "Physics and Astronomy Alumnus Charles Bennett Receives 2018 Breakthrough Prize". University of Maryland. 5 December 2017. https://umdphysics.umd.edu/about-us/news/department-news/1326-physics-and-astronomy-alumnus-received-2018-breakthrough-prize.html. 
  19. ↑ "IOP awards Isaac Newton Medal posthumously to Sir Tom Kibble". Institute of Physics. http://www.iop.org/news/16/jun/page_67632.html.  30 June 2016
  20. ↑ "Yablonovitch Wins the IOP Isaac Newton Medal". Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science, University of California. 1 July 2015. https://e3s-center.berkeley.edu/news-item/yablonovitch-wins-iop-isaac-newton-medal/. 
  21. ↑ "Photonic crystals, graphene, and metamaterials bring Institute of Physics awards". LaserFocusWorld. 1 July 2015. https://www.laserfocusworld.com/optics/article/16558138/photonic-crystals-graphene-and-metamaterials-bring-institute-of-physics-awards. 
  22. ↑ "IOP Awards Isaac Newton Medal to Professor Eli Yablonovitch for Photonic Nanostructures Research". AZoOptics. July 1, 2015. https://www.azooptics.com/News.aspx?newsID=21134. 
  23. ↑ "2014 Isaac Newton medal - Deborah Jin". September 6, 2017. https://www.nist.gov/about-us/nist-awards/2014-isaac-newton-medal-deborah-jin. 
  24. ↑ "Isaac Newton Medal goes to American physicist". July 1, 2014. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/isaac-newton-medal-goes-to-american-physicist/2014300.article. 
  25. ↑ "Deborah Jin Awarded Isaac Newton Medal". University of Colorado. July 8, 2014. https://www.colorado.edu/physics/2014/07/08/deborah-jin-awarded-isaac-newton-medal. 
  26. ↑ Jackson, Caroline (1 July 2013). "IOP awards". Imperial College London. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/124826/iop-awards/. 
  27. ↑ Keir, Emily (July 10, 2013). "Invisibility Cloaks: No Longer Exclusive to the Wizarding World". Foreign Office Blogs. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. https://blogs.fco.gov.uk/emilykeir/2013/07/10/invisibility-cloaks-no-longer-exclusive-to-the-wizarding-world/. 
  28. ↑ Randall, Ian (19 July 2012). "Institute of Physics announces award winners". European Physical Society. http://www.epsnews.eu/2012/07/iop-award-winners/. 
  29. ↑ "Institute of Physics announces 2012 award winners". 2 July 2012. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-07/iop-iop070212.php. 
  30. ↑ "2011 Isaac Newton Medal of the Institute of Physics". Institute of Physics. http://www.iop.org/about/awards/international/page_51315.html. 
  31. ↑ "Edward Witten wins Newton medal". Physics World. 29 June 2010. https://physicsworld.com/a/edward-witten-wins-newton-medal/. 
  32. ↑ "UK's Institute of Physics Announces 2010 Winners". SC ONLINE NEWS. https://www.supercomputingonline.com/latest/academia/54472-uk-s-institute-of-physics-announces-2010-winners. 
  33. ↑ "Alan Guth bags Isaac Newton medal". Physics World. 1 July 2009. https://physicsworld.com/a/alan-guth-bags-isaac-newton-medal/. 
  34. ↑ Quantum Aspects of Life. Imperial College Press. 2008. pp. 378. ISBN 9781848162679. 
  35. ↑ "The University of Glasgow Story :: Awards :: Isaac Newton Medal". University of Glasgow. https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/award/?id=250. 

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