Wolf Prize 1986: Winners

Recipients

1. Agriculture

   Ernest R. Sears, Ralph Riley

   Biology

   for their fundamental research in cytogenetics of wheat, providing the basis for genetic improvement of cereal grains.

2. Chemistry

   Albert Eschenmoser

   Chemistry

   for outstanding research on the synthesis, stereochemistry, and reaction mechanisms for formation of natural products, especially Vitamin-B12.

3. Chemistry

   Elias James Corey

   Chemistry

   for outstanding research on the synthesis of many highly complex natural products and the demonstration of novel ways of thinking about such syntheses.

4. Mathematics

   Atle Selberg

   Math

   for his profound and original work on number theory and on discrete groups and automorphic forms.

5. Mathematics

   Samuel Eilenberg

   Math

   for his fundamental work in algebraic topology and homological algebra.

6. Medicine

   Osamu Hayaishi

   Biology

   for the discovery of the oxygenase enzymes and elucidation of their structure and biological importance.

7. Physics

   Albert J. Libchaber

   Physics

   for his brilliant experimental demonstration of the transition to turbulence and chaos in dynamical systems.

8. Physics

   Mitchell J. Feigenbaum

   Physics

   for his pioneering theoretical studies demonstrating the universal character of non-linear systems, which has made possible the systematic study of chaos.