ショウ賞 2004: 勝者

受賞者

1. 天文学

   James Peebles

   物理学

   For his groundbreaking contribution to cosmology. He laid the foundations for almost all modern investigations in cosmology, both theoretical and observational, transforming a highly speculative field into a precision science.

2. 生命科学と医学

   Herbert W. Boyer, Stanley N. Cohen

   生物学

   For their discoveries on DNA cloning and genetic engineering.

3. 生命科学と医学

   Richard Doll

   生物学

   For his contribution to modern cancer epidemiology.

4. 生命科学と医学

   Yuet Wai Kan

   生物学

   For his discoveries on DNA polymorphism and its influence on human genetics.

5. 数理科学

   Shiing-Shen Chern

   数学

   For his initiation of the field of global differential geometry and his continued leadership of the field, resulting in beautiful developments that are at the centre of contemporary mathematics, with deep connections to topology, algebra and analysis, in short, to all major branches of mathematics of the last sixty years.