Prix Wolf 2000 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Agriculture

   Gurdev Khush

   Biologie

   for his extraordinary contribution to theoretical research in plant genetics, evolution and breeding especially of rice, with regard to food production and alleviation of hunger.

2. Chimie

   Frank Albert Cotton

   Chimie

   for opening up an entirely new phase of transition metal chemistry based on pairs and clusters of metal atoms directly linked by single or multiple bonds.

3. Mathématiques

   Jean-Pierre Serre

   Mathématiques

   for his many fundamental contributions to topology, algebraic geometry, algebra, and number theory and for his inspirational lectures and writing.

4. Mathématiques

   Raoul Bott

   Mathématiques

   for his deep discoveries in topology and differential geometry and their applications to Lie groups, differential operators and mathematical physics.

5. Physique

   Masatoshi Koshiba, Raymond Davis Jr.

   Physique

   for their pioneering observations of astronomical phenomena by detection of neutrinos, thus creating the emerging field of neutrino astronomy.