Prix Wolf

Prix Wolf 1979 : lauréats

Destinataires

Agriculture

Jay L. Lush

Biologie

for his outstanding and pioneering contributions to the application of genetics to livestock improvement.
Agriculture

Kenneth Blaxter

Biologie

for his fundamental contributions to the science and practice of ruminant nutrition and livestock production.
Chimie

Herman Mark

Chimie

for his contributions to understanding the structure and behavior of natural and synthetic polymers.
Mathématiques

André Weil

Mathématiques

for his inspired introduction of algebro-geometry to the theory of numbers.
Mathématiques

Jean Leray

Mathématiques

for pioneering work on the development and application of topological methods to the study of differential equations.
Médecine

Arvid Carlsson

Biologie

for his work which established the role of dopamine as a neurotransmitter.
Médecine

Oleh Hornykiewicz

Biologie

for opening a new approach in the control of Parkinson's disease by L-Dopa.
Médecine

Roger Wolcott Sperry

Biologie

for his studies on the functional differentiation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.
Physique

George Uhlenbeck

Physique

for his discovery, jointly with the late Samuel A.Goudsmit, of the electron spin.
Physique

Giuseppe Occhialini

Physique

for his contributions to the discovery of electron pair production and of the charged pion.