Prix Shaw 2004 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Astronomie

   James Peebles

   Physique

   For his groundbreaking contribution to cosmology. He laid the foundations for almost all modern investigations in cosmology, both theoretical and observational, transforming a highly speculative field into a precision science.

2. Sciences de la vie et médecine

   Herbert W. Boyer, Stanley N. Cohen

   Biologie

   For their discoveries on DNA cloning and genetic engineering.

3. Sciences de la vie et médecine

   Richard Doll

   Biologie

   For his contribution to modern cancer epidemiology.

4. Sciences de la vie et médecine

   Yuet Wai Kan

   Biologie

   For his discoveries on DNA polymorphism and its influence on human genetics.

5. Sciences mathématiques

   Shiing-Shen Chern

   Mathématiques

   For his initiation of the field of global differential geometry and his continued leadership of the field, resulting in beautiful developments that are at the centre of contemporary mathematics, with deep connections to topology, algebra and analysis, in short, to all major branches of mathematics of the last sixty years.