The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Stephen Smale
Title:
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,California 94720 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
1996
Citation:
"For his pioneering contributions to mathematics in the fields of differential topology and dynamical systems, and for applications to physics, biology, economics, and the theory of computation."
Awarded by President Clinton in a White House ceremony on July 26, 1996. Note: Dr. Smale is also Professor, City University of Hong Kong.