National Medal of Science

TheNational Medal of Scienceis an honor given by thePresident of the United States.It is awarded to people inscienceandengineeringwho did important work inbehavioral,social sciences,biology,chemistry,engineering,mathematicsandphysics.

History

The National Medal of Science was made on August 25, 1959, by an act of theCongress of the United States.The medal was to be to honorscientistsin the fields of the "physical, biological, mathematical or engineering sciences".