Premio Shaw 2006: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Astronomía

   Adam G. Riess, Brian P. Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter

   Física

   For discovering that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating, implying in the simplest interpretation that the energy density of space is non-vanishing even in the absence of any matter and radiation.

2. Ciencias de la vida y medicina

   Xiaodong Wang

   Biología

   For his discovery of the biochemical basis of programmed cell death, a vital process that balances cell birth and defends against cancer.

3. Ciencias Matemáticas

   David Mumford, Wentsun Wu (吳文俊)

   Matemáticas

   For David Mumford's contributions to mathematics, and to the new interdisciplinary fields of pattern theory and vision research; and for Wentsun Wu's contributions to the new interdisciplinary field of mathematics mechanization.