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The prize is divided into the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences. Each prize is awarded annually in the amount of US $1,000,000.
| 2004 | P. James E. Peebles ( cosmology) |
| 2004 Prize One | Stanley N. Cohen & Herbert W. Boyer ( DNA cloningCloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a multi-cellular organism that is genetically identical to another living organism. Sometimes this can refer to "natural" clones made eithe) Yuet Wai Kan (簡悅威) (DNA polymorphismIn general, polymorphism describes multiple possible states for a single property. Polymorphism can be: In materials science polymorphism is the ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure. Diamond and graphite are exam) |
| 2004 Prize Two | Sir Richard DollRichard Doll (b. October 28, 1912 ) is a British epidemiologist, physiologist, and a pioneer in the research linking smoking to cancer. His career has been marked by controversy, including claims that Doll over-stated the links between other envioronmenta ( cancerFor other meanings of Cancer: see Cancer (disambiguation . apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. Cancer is a group of related diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division. Currently, it is believed that cancers arise from both genetic epidemiologyEpidemiology is the study of the demographics of disease processes, including the study of epidemics and other diseases that are common enough to allow statistical tools to be applied. So, besides contagious diseases, it also focuses on diabetes, coronary) |
| 2004 | Shiing-Shen Chern (陳省身 1911–) ( differential geometry) |