Crafoord Prize
A prize awarded every year to one or two (sometimes three), scientists in certain fields not covered by the Nobel Prize (specifically, mathematics, biology and astronomy) at a congress of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The cash value of the award in 2006 was .
Holger Crafoord, the inventor of the artificial kidney, founded the award in his testament. The first recipients received the award in 1982. Since then the award has been periodic.
Title | Crafoord Prize |
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Canonical name | CrafoordPrize |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 16:37:39 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 16:37:39 |
Owner | PrimeFan (13766) |
Last modified by | PrimeFan (13766) |
Numerical id | 7 |
Author | PrimeFan (13766) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 01A60 |
Classification | msc 01A61 |
Classification | msc 01A65 |
Related topic | StateOnTheTetrahedron |
Related topic | IHESOnTheFusionOfMathematicsAndTheoreticalPhysics2 |
Related topic | NoncommutativeGeometry |