Word: crafoord
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Ernst Mayr, professor emeritus of zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, received the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences earlier this month, making him the first ever to win the three awards that make up the "triple crown of biology...
Because there is no Nobel Prize awarded for biology, the Crafoord Prize for "fundamental contributions to the conceptual development of evolutionary biology" stands as one of biology's highest honors...
Mayr, who won the Balzan Prize in 1983 and the National Medal of Science in 1970, completes the triple crown with the Crafoord...
Since there is no Nobel category for work in geophysics, the Crafoord prize is one of the most prestigious in the field...
Although Anderson said he is unsure whether the Academy awarded the Crafoord prize for work the two professors did together or independently, he said both scientists were instrumental in the development of the field of seismic tomography...