数学家Andrew Wiles获得2005年百万美元邵逸夫大奖
Andrew Wiles is awarded the 2005 Shaw Prize

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Press Release
Announcement of The Shaw Laureates 2005

Friday, June 3. At today's press conference in Hong Kong, The Shaw Prize Foundation announced The Shaw Laureates for 2005. Information was posted on the website www.shawprize.org at Hong Kong time 15:30 (GMT 07:30).

The Shaw Prize consists of three annual prizes: Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, each prize bearing a monetary award of one million US dollars. This will be the second year that the Prize has been awarded and the presentation ceremony is scheduled for Friday, September 2, 2005.

Details of the Shaw Laureates

Astronomy -- jointly awarded to Professor Geoffrey Marcy of University of California, Berkeley and Professor Michel Mayor of University of Geneva for finding and characterizing the orbits and masses of the first planets around other stars, thereby revolutionizing our understanding of the processes that form planets and planetary systems.

Life Science and Medicine -- Professor Sir Michael Berridge of Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK, for his discoveries on calcium signalling in the regulation of cellular activity.

Mathematical Sciences -- Professor Andrew John Wiles of Princeton University for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

Background

Established under the auspices of Mr. Run Run Shaw, the Prize honours individuals, regardless of race, nationality and religious belief, who have achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or application and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on mankind.

he Shaw Prize is an international award managed and administered by The Shaw Prize Foundation based in Hong Kong. Mr. Shaw has also founded The Sir Run Run Shaw Charitable Trust and The Shaw Foundation Hong Kong, both dedicated to the promotion of education, scientific and technological research, medical and welfare services, and culture and the arts.