Dirac Medal 2013 awarded to former President, The Royal Society

A celebration took place at ICTP - the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, host to IAP in Trieste, Italy, on Friday 8 August 2014 in honour of the three 2013 Dirac Medallists, Thomas W.B. Kibble, Imperial College London, UK; Phillip James E. Peebles, Princeton University, USA; and Martin John Rees, University of Cambridge, UK, for their independent, ground-breaking work throughout their careers elucidating many aspects of fundamental physics, cosmology and astrophysics. Martin Rees, former President of The Royal Society - host to IAP's Conference on Biodiversity and General Assembly in London, UK, in 2010, gave a talk on "Our Universe and the Others" during the Dirac Medal Award Ceremony. For more information on the Dirac Medal, follow the link to the ICTP website page.