The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Barry Mazur
Title:
Gerhard Gade University Professor of Mathematics
Affiliation:
Harvard University
One Oxford Street
Cambridge,Massachusetts 02138 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
2011
Citation:
"For original and landmark contributions to differential topology, number theory, and arithmetic algebraic geometry, where, among other applications, his work was foundational to Wiles proof of Fermats Last Theorem, and for his dedication to communicating subtle mathematical ideas to the broader public."
President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on February 1, 2013.