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SLIDE SHOW

The National Medal of Science--50 Years of Honoring America's Scientists and Engineers
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VIDEOS

• The National Medals You Tube Channel
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• Allen Bard
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  Chemist Allen Bard, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, has spent his entire career at the University of Texas at Austin. His work include three books, more than 800 peer-reviewed research papers, 75 book chapters, 23 patents and service as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society for nearly two decades.
• Carlos Castillo-Chavez
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  Member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science 2010-2012, Carlos Castillo-Chavez talks about his love of mathematics and how the National Medal of Science honors scientists with multi-dimensional achievements.
• Shu Chien
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  National Medal of Science winner Shu Chien talks about the importance of collaboration in scientific research, and the pursuit of happiness.
• Sallie Chisholm
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  National Medal of Science winner Sallie Chisholm talks about what drives her research into ocean phytoplankton, and shares some inspiring stories from her childhood.
• Sidney Drell
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  Theoretical physicist and arms control expert Sidney Drell, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, contributed greatly to sciencespecifically to quantum field theory and quantum chromodynamicsas well as to the application of science by serving as a distinguished advisor to the U.S. Government on security and intelligence.
• Nina Fedoroff
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  National Medal of Science winner Nina Fedoroff talks about the importance and function of "jumping genes."
• Joanna Fowler
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  Brookhaven senior chemist and Medal of Science winner Joanna Fowler discusses using positron emission tomography (PET) scans as a means to explore the human brain and help answer critical medical questions.
• Sylvester James Gates
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  Theoretical physicist Sylvester James Gates, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, devotes his career to making science accessible to the general public.
• Solomon Wolf Golomb
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  Mathematician and engineer Solomon Wolf Golomb, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, is best known to the general public and fans of mathematical games as the inventor of polyominoes, the inspiration for the computer game Tetris. He specializes in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory and communications.
• John B. Goodenough
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  Solid-state physicist John B. Goodenough, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, is known for developing lightweight rechargeable batteries now ubiquitous in today's portable electronic devices.
• Leroy Hood
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  Biologist Leroy Hood, a 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, is recognized as one of the world's leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics. His development of the DNA sequencer, DNA synthesizer and other instruments resulted in the successful mapping of the human genome that revolutionized biomedicine and forensic science.
• Robert Langer
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  National Medal of Science, and National Medal of Technology winner Robert Langer talks about making the world a better place through scientific research.
• Barry Mazur
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  National Medal of Science winner Barry Mazur talks about what excites him about number theory, and shares an old "family secret."
• Lucy Shapiro
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  Lucy Shapiro is a 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate. While proud of her work in genetics on cancer research, she is most proud of her four grandchildren, to whom she gives advice on following your passion.
• Anne Treisman
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  Psychologist Anne Treisman, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, proposed revolutionary ideas that had an enormous impact inside and outside of psychology, including the Feature Integration Theory of attention, which inspired thousands of experiments in cognitive psychology, vision sciences, cognitive science, neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience.
• Warren Washington
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  National Medal of Science winner Warren Washington talks about what inspired him to become a scientist.
• Shing-Tung Yau
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  National Medal of Science winner Shing-Tung Yau talks about the beauty of mathematics.