Prix Wolf 1998 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Agriculture

   Baldur R. Stefansson, Ilan Chet

   Biologie

   for their contributions to the environmentally safe development of world agriculture through innovative approaches in breeding and bio-control.

2. Chimie

   Gabor A. Somorjai, Gerhard Ertl

   Chimie

   for their outstanding contributions to the field of the surface science in general, and for their elucidation of fundamental mechanisms of heterogeneous catalytic reactions at single crystal surfaces in particular.

3. Médecine

   Michael Sela, Ruth Arnon

   Biologie

   for their major discoveries in the field of immunology.

4. Physique

   Michael V. Berry, Yakir Aharonov

   Physique

   for the discovery of quantum topological and geometrical phases, specifically the Aharonov-Bohm effect, the Berry phase, and their incorporation into many fields of physics.