The Kistler Prize (1999-2011) was awarded annually to recognize original contributions "to the understanding of the connection between human heredity and human society", and was named after its benefactor, physicist and inventor Walter Kistler. The prize was awarded by the Foundation For the Future and it included a cash award of US $100,000 and a 200-gram gold medallion.

Recipients

The recipients have been: *2000 – Edward O. Wilson *2001 –

Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an Oxford fellow, emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was Simonyi Professor for the Publ ...

*2002 –

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (; 25 January 1922 – 31 August 2018) was an Italian geneticist. He was a population geneticist who taught at the University of Parma, the University of Pavia and then at Stanford University. Works Schooling and p ...

*2003 – Arthur Jensen *2004 –

Vincent Sarich Vincent Matthew Sarich (December 13, 1934October 27, 2012) was an American anthropologist and biochemist. He was Professor Emeritus in anthropology at University of California, Berkeley. Sarich and his PhD advisor, Allan Wilson, used molecular da ...

*2005 – Thomas J. Bouchard *2006 – Doreen Kimura *2007 – Spencer Wells *2008 –

Craig Venter John Craig Venter (born October 14, 1946) is an American scientist. He is known for leading one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and led the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome. Venter founded Celera Geno ...

*2009 – Svante Pääbo *2010 – Leroy Hood *2011 – Charles Murray

Walter P. Kistler Book Award

The Walter P. Kistler Book Award was established in 2003 to recognize authors of science books that "significantly increase the knowledge and understanding of the public regarding subjects that will shape the future of our species". The award includes a cash prize of US$10,000 and is formally presented in ceremonies that are open to the public. The recipients have been: *2003 – Gregory Stock for ''Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future'' *2004 – Spencer Wells for '' The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey'' *2005 –

Steven Pinker Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian-American cognitive psychology, cognitive psychologist, psycholinguistics, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psycholo ...

for '' The Blank Slate'' *2006 – William H. Calvin for ''A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change'' *2007 – Eric Chaisson for ''Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos'' *2008 – Christopher Stringer for ''Homo britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain'' *2009 – David Archer (scientist) for ''The Long Thaw: How Humans are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate'' *2011 – Laurence C. Smith for ''The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future''

Foundation For the Future

The mission of the Foundation For the Future is to increase and diffuse knowledge concerning the long-term future of humanity. It conducts a broad range of programs and activities to promote an understanding of the factors that may affect human life in the long term.Foundation For the Future , Overview

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Official website

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{{reflist Hereditarianism Biology awards Awards established in 1999 Science writing awards Awards established in 2003 American awards 1999 establishments in the United States Futures studies

Recipients

Walter P. Kistler Book Award

Foundation For the Future

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