ウルフ賞 2000: 勝者

受賞者

1. 農業

   Gurdev Khush

   生物学

   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. 化学

   Frank Albert Cotton

   化学

   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. 数学

   Jean-Pierre Serre

   数学

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

4. 数学

   Raoul Bott

   数学

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

5. 物理学

   Masatoshi Koshiba, Raymond Davis Jr.

   物理学

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