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Winner Work |
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| 2012 |
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Michael I. Posner |
Cognitive science. For outstanding contributions to the understanding of spatial attention and for pioneering investigations of the neural basis of cognition using non-invasive functional brain imaging methods. |
| 2011 |
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| 2010 |
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Andre Geim |
Physics. For his experimental realization and investigation of graphene, the two-dimensional form of carbon. |
| 2009 |
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Joe Felsenstein |
Evolution. For revolutionizing population genetics, phylogenetic biology, and systematics by developing a sophisticated computational framework to deduce evolutionary relationships of genes and species from molecular data. |
| 2008 |
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Thomas Eisner |
Ecology. For pathbreaking studies of the myriad ways that organisms utilize chemistry to mediate ecological interactions and providing a foundation for the field of chemical ecology. |
| 2007 |
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Joseph R. Ecker |
Plant science. For contributions in the areas of ethylene signal transduction and Arabidopsis genomics that have paved the way for a revolution in modern agriculture. |
| 2006 |
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Russell Doolittle |
Computational science. For contributing seminal insights and methods for using computers as an aid to characterizing protein function, in comparing amino acid sequences, and for phylogenetic reconstructions. |
| 2005 |
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Robert Cava |
Materials. For his outstanding contributions in the synthesis and characterization of many new materials that display interesting and important superconducting, dielectric, magnetic, or thermal properties. |
| 2004 |
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Elinor Ostrom |
Social/Political science. For her exceptional contributions to the study of social institutions, research that has greatly advanced our understanding of resource management, and the governance of local public economies. |
| 2003 |
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David A. Freedman |
Statistics. For his profound contributions to the theory and practice of statistics, including rigorous foundations for Bayesian influence and trenchant analysis of census adjustment. |
| 2002 |
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| 2001 |
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| 2000 |
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Donald Lynden-Bell |
Astronomy/Astrophysics. For his outstanding work in theoretical astrophysics, and especially for the originality of his contributions to our understanding of the collective dynamic effects within stellar systems. |
| 1999 |
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| 1998 |
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| 1997 |
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Patrick V. Kirch |
Anthropology. For the unique breadth of his distinguished anthropological accomplishments, spanning many Pacific islands and joining their archeology with ethnobotany, ethnobiohistory, historical linguistics, and human biology. |
| 1996 |
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| 1995 |
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| 1994 |
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Marina Ratner |
Mathematics. For her striking proof of the Raghunathan conjectures. |
| 1993 |
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| 1992 |
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| 1991 |
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Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. |
Physics. For developing pulsar timing experiments with exquisite accuracy to make fundamental studies of gravitation, including gravitational radiation and high-order tests of general relativity. |
| 1990 |
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| 1989 |
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| 1988 |
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| 1987 |
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Motoo Kimura |
Evolutionary biology. By demonstrating the role of stochastic processes in inducing and maintaining most allelic diveristy in nature, he has unified molecular biology with evolutionary theory, thereby strengthening both fields. |
| 1986 |
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| 1985 |
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| 1984 |
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Robert H. Burris |
Agricultural sciences. For his penetrating studies of the biochemistry of nitrogen fixation have enriched the agricultural sciences by deed and example. |
| 1983 |
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| 1982 |
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| 1981 |
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Shing-Tung Yau |
Mathematics. |
| 1980 |
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| 1979 |
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| 1978 |
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John Mather |
Pure mathematics. |
| 1977 |
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| 1976 |
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| 1975 |
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John Tuzo Wilson |
Earth science. |
| 1974 |
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| 1973 |
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| 1972 |
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| 1971 |
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James D. Watson |
Molecular biology. |
| 1970 |
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| 1969 |
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| 1968 |
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Murray Gell-Mann |
Theoretical physics. |
| 1967 |
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| 1966 |
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| 1965 |
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Alfred Sturtevant |
Biochemistry. |
| 1964 |
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| 1963 |
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Maurice Ewing |
Geophysics. |
| 1962 |
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| 1961 |
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Charles Hard Townes |
Physics. |
| 1960 |
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| 1959 |
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| 1958 |
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| 1957 |
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| 1956 |
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| 1955 |
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| 1954 |
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| 1953 |
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Vannevar Bush |
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| 1952 |
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| 1951 |
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| 1950 |
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Irving Langmuir |
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| 1949 |
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| 1948 |
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| 1947 |
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Ross Granville Harrison |
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| 1946 |
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| 1945 |
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William F. Durand |
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| 1944 |
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| 1943 |
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Edwin Conklin |
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| 1939 |
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William Henry Bragg |
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| 1937 |
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| 1936 |
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Edmund Beecher Wilson |
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| 1935 |
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| 1932 |
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John J. Carty |
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