Prix Wolf 1982 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Agriculture

   Wendell L. Roelofs

   Biologie

   for his fundamental chemical and biological research on pheromones and their practical use in insect control.

2. Chimie

   George C. Pimentel

   Chimie

   for development of matrix isolation spectroscopy and for the discovery of photodissociation lasers and chemical lasers.

3. Chimie

   John C. Polanyi

   Chimie

   for his studies of chemical reactions in unprecedented detail through development of the infrared chemiluminescence technique, and for envisaging the principles underlying the chemical laser.

4. Mathématiques

   Hassler Whitney

   Mathématiques

   for his fundamental work in algebraic topology, differential geometry and differential topology.

5. Mathématiques

   Mark Krein

   Mathématiques

   for his fundamental contributions to functional analysis and its applications.

6. Médecine

   James W. Black

   Biologie

   for developing agents which block beta adrenergic and histamine receptors.

7. Médecine

   Jean-Pierre Changeux

   Biologie

   for the isolation, purification and characterization of the acetylcholine receptor.

8. Médecine

   Solomon H. Snyder

   Biologie

   for the development of the ways to label neurotransmitter receptors, which provide tools to describe their properties.

9. Physique

   Leon M. Lederman, Martin L. Perl

   Physique

   for their experimental discovery of unexpected new particles establishing a third generation quarks and leptons.