Prix Wolf 1996/1997 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Agriculture

   Neal L. First

   Biologie

   for his pioneering research in the reproductive biology of livestock.

2. Mathématiques

   Joseph B. Keller

   Mathématiques

   for his profound and innovative contributions, in particular to electromagnetic, optical, acoustic wave propagation and to fluid, solid, quantum and statistical mechanics.

3. Mathématiques

   Yakov Sinai

   Mathématiques

   for his fundamental contributions to mathematically rigorous methods in statistical mechanics and the ergodic theory of dynamical systems and their applications in physics.

4. Physique

   John A. Wheeler

   Physique

   for his seminal contributions to black holes physics, to quantum gravity, and to the theories of nuclear scattering and nuclear fission.