Prix Wolf 1991 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Agriculture

   Shang Fa Yang

   Biologie

   for remarkable contributions to the understanding of the mechanism of biosynthesis, mode of action and applications of the plant hormone, Ethylene.

2. Chimie

   Alexander Pines, Richard R. Ernst

   Chimie

   for their revolutionary contributions to NMR spectroscopy, especially Fourier-transform and two-dimensional NMR by Ernst, and multiple-quantum and high-spin NMR by Pines.

3. Médecine

   Seymour Benzer

   Biologie

   for having generated a new field of molecular neurogenetics by his pioneering research on the dissection of the nervous system and behavior by gene mutations.

4. Physique

   Maurice Goldhaber, Valentine L. Telegdi

   Physique

   for their separate seminal contributions to nuclear and particle physics, particularly those concerning the weak interactions involving leptons.