• Knowledge is humanity’s greatest asset. It defines our nature, and it will shape our future. The body of knowledge is assembled over centuries.

• Yet a single mind can extend it immensely. Einstein reimagined space and time. Darwin distilled the chaos of life to a single idea.

• Turing figured out what it means to think. Great scientists enrich us all. They enable technologies that ease our lives, but they also show us what’s beyond our horizons. More...

Laureates

• Alexei Kitaev
• Edward Witten
• Adam Riess and the High-z Supernova Search Team
• Eric S. Lander

News

• March 14, 2018

  Stephen Hawking (1942 – 2018), Breakthrough Prize Laureate, Co-Founder Breakthrough Starshot and Breakthrough Listen Science Programs

• February 04, 2018

  Joseph Polchinski, Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics Laureate, Passes Away

• February 01, 2018

  Breakthrough Prize Opens Public Nominations For Its 2019 Prizes In Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences & Mathematics