Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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ICTP has awarded its 2022 Dirac Medal to Joel L. Lebowitz, Center for Mathematical Sciences Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA; Elliott H. Lieb, Princeton University, USA; and David P. Ruelle, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France,"for groundbreaking and mathematically rigorous contributions to the understanding of the statistical mechanics of classical and quantum physical systems".
Here, ICTP scientist Erio Tosatti explains the significance of their work.