Prix Shaw 2011 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Astronomie

   Enrico Costa, Gerald J. Fishman

   Physique

   For their leadership of space missions that enabled the demonstration of the cosmological origin of gamma ray bursts, the brightest sources known in the universe.

2. Sciences de la vie et médecine

   Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, Ruslan M. Medzhitov

   Biologie

   For their discovery of the molecular mechanism of innate immunity, the first line of defense against pathogens.

3. Sciences mathématiques

   Demetrios Christodoulou, Richard S. Hamilton

   Mathématiques

   For their highly innovative works on nonlinear partial differential equations in Lorentzian and Riemannian geometry and their applications to general relativity and topology.