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  2. Kyoto Prize - Wikipedia

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    The Kyoto Prize (京都賞, Kyōto-shō) is Japan's highest private award for lifetime achievement in the arts and sciences. [1] [2] It is given not only to those that are top representatives of their own respective fields, but to "those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind". [3]

  3. Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology - Wikipedia

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    The first Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology was awarded to Rudolf E. Kálmán, the "creator of modern control and system theory". [1] The Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in fields which are traditionally not honored with a Nobel Prize. [2] [3]

  4. List of Kyoto Prize winners - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Kyoto Prize winners, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation. [1] [2] Basic sciences. ... France: born 1943 Mathematical sciences 2003

  5. List of prizes considered the highest in a field - Wikipedia

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    Several prizes in fields of study and achievement not covered by the original Nobel Prizes have been established by various entities. Some have been referred to as the "Nobel Prize of" that particular field, in the vast majority of cases without the approval of the Nobel Foundation. These prizes are generally the highest awards in their fields.

  6. Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy - Wikipedia

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    The Prize is one of three Kyoto Prize categories; the others are the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology and the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences. The first Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy was awarded to Olivier Messiaen in 1985, the "greatest composer to have emerged from 20th century France". [1] The Prize is widely regarded as the most ...

  7. Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences - Wikipedia

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    The first Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences was awarded to Claude Elwood Shannon, the “Establishment of Mathematical Foundation of Information Theory”. [1] The Prize is regarded as a prestigious award available in fields which are traditionally not honored with a Nobel Prize. [2]

  8. Japan Prize - Wikipedia

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    The prestigious prize presentation ceremony is held in the presence of the Emperor and the Empress of Japan. According to his book Dancing Naked in the Mind Field, [2] Kary Mullis, 1993 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, addressed Empress Michiko as sweetie when being awarded the prize in 1993 for the development of the polymerase chain reaction.

  9. Geography of France - Wikipedia

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    A topographic map of the Republic, excluding all the overseas departments and territories Simplified physical map. The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and the west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the country's highest points being in the Alps).