Editing David Deutsch (section)

===Awards and honours===
''The Fabric of Reality'' was shortlisted for the [[Royal Society Prizes for Science Books|Rhone-Poulenc science book award]] in 1998. Deutsch was awarded the [[Dirac Medal (IOP)|Dirac Prize]] of the [[Institute of Physics]] in 1998,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Deutsch |first=David |year=2016 |title=About Me |url=http://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk/about-me/ |access-date=7 December 2016 |website=daviddeutsch.org.uk |archive-date=11 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311112949/http://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk/about-me/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Edge of Computation Science Prize in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/al/prizes.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209230404/http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/al/prizes.htm|url-status=dead|title=Edge of Computation Science Prize|archivedate=9 December 2006}}</ref> In 2017, he received the [[Dirac Medal (ICTP)|Dirac Medal]] of the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics|International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dirac Medal of ICTP 2017 |url=https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-dirac-medal/the-medallists/dirac-medallists-2017.aspx |website=ictp.it |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305030834/https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-dirac-medal/the-medallists/dirac-medallists-2017.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Deutsch is linked to [[Paul Dirac]] through his doctoral advisor [[Dennis Sciama]], whose doctoral advisor was Dirac. Deutsch was elected a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2008|Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2008]].<ref name="frs">{{Cite web |year=2008 |title=Professor David Deutsch FRS |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/david-deutsch-11329/ |website=royalsociety.org |publisher=[[Royal Society]] |location=London |access-date=14 November 2017 |archive-date=16 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116222333/https://royalsociety.org/people/david-deutsch-11329/ |url-status=live }} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{blockquote|"All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].” –{{cite web |title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies |url=https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/ |access-date=2016-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/ |archive-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=live }}}}</ref>  In 2018, he received the [[Micius Quantum Prize]]. In 2021, he was awarded the Isaac Newton Medal and Prize.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-physicist-david-deutsch-bags-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize/|title=Quantum physicist David Deutsch bags Isaac Newton Medal and Prize|date=30 November 2021|access-date=27 January 2022|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202000528/https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-physicist-david-deutsch-bags-isaac-newton-medal-and-prize/|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 22, 2022, he was awarded the [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]], shared with [[Charles H. Bennett (physicist)|Charles H. Bennet]], [[Gilles Brassard]] and [[Peter Shor]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Sample |first=Ian |date=22 September 2022 |title='Father of quantum computing' wins $3m physics prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/22/quantum-computing-research-physics-breakthrough |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922130601/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/22/quantum-computing-research-physics-breakthrough |url-status=live }}</ref>