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The National Medal of Science was established on August 25, 1959, by an act of the Congress of the United States under Pub. L. 86–209.The medal was originally to honor scientists in the fields of the "physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences".
The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the following six fields: behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physical sciences. The Committee on ...
Keller was awarded a Lester R. Ford Award (shared with David W. McLaughlin) in 1976 [4] and (not shared) in 1977. [5] In 1988 he was awarded the U.S. National Medal of Science, and in 1997 he was awarded the Wolf Prize by the Israel-based Wolf Foundation. In 1996, he was awarded the Nemmers Prize in Mathematics.
1976 IEEE David Sarnoff Award, IEEE; 1990 C&C Prize; 1991 National Medal of Science, US; 1992 National Academy of Engineering Founders Award, US; 1993 IRI Medal from the Industrial Research Institute, US; 1993 Vladimir Karapetoff Eminent Members' Award, Eta Kappa Nu; 1996 John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia [7] 1997 IEEE Medal of Honor, IEEE
1973 ACS Award in pure chemistry; 1976 Harrison Howe Award, and awards from American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, and Dean's Award for distinguished teaching; 1978-1979 He was a Guggenheim fellow; 1986 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award; 1986 ACS James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry; 1986 R.C ...
John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science: science award given by U.S. National Academy of Sciences John Joseph Carty: National Academy of Sciences: Q6240976: Kamerlingh Onnes Award: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes: Q6356993: Kelvin Gold Medal: British engineering prize William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin: United Kingdom: Q6386658
He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1958, to the National Academy of Engineering in 1973, and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1978. [9] [11] Fano was known principally for his work on information theory. He developed Shannon–Fano coding [12] in collaboration with Claude Shannon, and derived the Fano inequality.
Brady John Haran OAM (born 18 June 1976) is an Australian-British independent filmmaker and video journalist who produces educational videos and documentary films for his YouTube channels, the most notable being Computerphile and Numberphile.