Prix Wolf

Prix Wolf 1984/1985 : lauréats

Destinataires

  1. Agriculture

    Robert H. Burris

    Biologie

    for his pioneering fundamental research on the mechanisms of biological nitrogen fixation and its application in crop production.

  2. Chimie

    Rudolph A. Marcus

    Chimie

    for his contribution to chemical kinetics, especially the theories of unimolecular reactions and electron transfer reactions.

  3. Mathématiques

    Hans Lewy

    Mathématiques

    for initiating many, now classic and essential, developments in partial differential equations.

  4. Mathématiques

    Kunihiko Kodaira

    Mathématiques

    for his outstanding contributions to the study of complex manifolds and algebraic varieties.

  5. Médecine

    Donald F. Steiner

    Biologie

    for discoveries concerning the biosynthesis and processing of insulin which have had profound implications for basic biology and clinical medicine.