Premio Wolf 1986: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Agricultura

   Ernest R. Sears, Ralph Riley

   Biología

   for their fundamental research in cytogenetics of wheat, providing the basis for genetic improvement of cereal grains.

2. Química

   Albert Eschenmoser

   Química

   for outstanding research on the synthesis, stereochemistry, and reaction mechanisms for formation of natural products, especially Vitamin-B12.

3. Química

   Elias James Corey

   Química

   for outstanding research on the synthesis of many highly complex natural products and the demonstration of novel ways of thinking about such syntheses.

4. Matemáticas

   Atle Selberg

   Matemáticas

   for his profound and original work on number theory and on discrete groups and automorphic forms.

5. Matemáticas

   Samuel Eilenberg

   Matemáticas

   for his fundamental work in algebraic topology and homological algebra.

6. Medicina

   Osamu Hayaishi

   Biología

   for the discovery of the oxygenase enzymes and elucidation of their structure and biological importance.

7. Física

   Albert J. Libchaber

   Física

   for his brilliant experimental demonstration of the transition to turbulence and chaos in dynamical systems.

8. Física

   Mitchell J. Feigenbaum

   Física

   for his pioneering theoretical studies demonstrating the universal character of non-linear systems, which has made possible the systematic study of chaos.