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The Balzan Prize consists of 4 awards awarded annually by the Balzan International Foundation for individuals or organizations that make outstanding contributions in the fields of humanitarian, natural sciences, culture, peace and friendship. meeting.

Joseph Silk, an American expert with the evolutionary theory of the universe and Peter Brown, Irish historian of the development of Christianity and denominations, are two of four winners this year.

The other two winners, Baczko, worked at the University of Geneva, contributing to the enlightened contribution of the French Revolution and Lande working at the Royal College of London with the Biology Collection Theory.

The winners announced on September 6 will receive $ 950,000 but they must win half of the bonuses to use for research projects involving young scientists.

The Balzan Prize is one of the highest awards for scientific, cultural and humanitarian achievements, second only to the Nobel Prize, but this award is little known even though Balzan's prize money is even higher than the Nobel Prize. In 2004, the total amount awarded to the winners of the Nobel Prize was $ 1.3 million, while Balzan's bonus was $ 3 million.