Azerbaijan National Academy of Science

The laureates of the "Asian Nobel Prize" in astronomy, medicine and mathematics are named

In 2002, Chinese philanthropist Shao Yifu establishedannual international award for awarding scientists whose discoveries have had a positive impact on humanity. The prize was named after him and, by tradition, it is awarded to outstanding people from three scientific fields: astronomy, medicine and mathematics. In addition to the medal, the winners receive a cash reward of $ 1.2 million.

This year the award in this field have been Professor at the California Institute of technology Edward Stone. It is known that for many years coordinates the program “Voyager”, the devices which are still in service. The award went to him deservedly so — after all, it is through this program humanity has reached the edge of the Solar systemand is now exploring interstellar space.

In biology and medicine this year was won by the Professor of Cornell University Maria Yasin. According to the jury, she won the award through his work on the study of the processes of DNA repair. Through her work, mankind had the tools to edit mammalian genomes.

Finally, prize in mathematics this year became Professor at the University of Paris Michelle Talagrand. The jury said of his work in the field of concentration inequalities and supremum stochastic processes. Previously, he has received other awards — for example, in 1997 he became the laureate of Prize for young mathematicians.

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