Jürgen Habermas wins the Kluge Prize
August 13, 2015
Jürgen Habermas, one of the world’s most distinguished living philosophers and social critics, has been named co-winner of the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity.
Category: Awards
Vaclav Smil receives the 2015 OPEC Award for Research
June 8, 2015
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has announced that its 2015 Award for Research has been awarded to our author Vaclav Smil.
Maryam Mirzakhani, Fields medalist
August 20, 2014
Last week, the Iranian-born Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman ever to win the Fields Medal, widely seen as the highest scholarly honor in mathematics. Mirzakhani , who is on the Stanford University faculty, was cited for her work making connections among the fields of topology, geometry, and dynamical systems.