Wolf Prize

Wolf Prize 1992: Winners

Recipients

  1. Chemistry

    John A. Pople

    Chemistry

    for his outstanding contributions to Theoretical Chemistry, particularly in developing effective and widely used modern quantum – chemical methods.

  2. Mathematics

    John G. Thompson

    Math

    for his profound contributions to all aspects of finite group theory and connections with other branches of mathematics.

  3. Mathematics

    Lennart Carleson

    Math

    for his fundamental contributions to Fourier analysis, complex analysis, quasiconformal mappings and dynamical systems.

  4. Medicine

    M. Judah Folkman

    Biology

    for his discoveries which originated the concept and developed the field of angiogenesis research.

  5. Physics

    Joseph H. Taylor Jr.

    Physics

    for his discovery of an orbiting radio pulsar and its exploitation to verify the general theory of relativity to high precision.