Editing 1996 in science (section)

==Awards==
* [[Nobel Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nobel Prizes 1996|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/year/?year=1996|website=www.nobelprize.org|accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref>
** [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]]:  [[David M. Lee]], [[Douglas D. Osheroff]], [[Robert Coleman Richardson|Robert C. Richardson]]
** [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]]:  [[Robert Curl]], Sir [[Harold Kroto]], [[Richard Smalley]]
** [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]]:  [[Peter C. Doherty]], [[Rolf M. Zinkernagel]]
* [[Kyoto Prize]]
** [[Willard Van Orman Quine]] is awarded the [[Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy]] for his "outstanding contributions to the progress of philosophy in the 20th century by proposing numerous theories based on keen insights in logic, epistemology, philosophy of science and philosophy of language."<ref>{{cite web|title=Willard Van Orman Quine|url=http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k12_c_willard/ctn_e.html|publisher=Inamori Foundation|accessdate=15 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720223632/http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k12_c_willard/ctn_e.html|archive-date=2013-07-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Turing Award|Turing Award for Computing]]: [[Amir Pnueli]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Amir Pnueli|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amir-Pnueli|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=20 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Wollaston Medal|Wollaston Medal for Geology]]: [[Nicholas John Shackleton]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Geological Society of London - Wollaston Medal|url=https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/About/History/Award-Winners-Since-1831/Wollaston-Medal|website=www.geolsoc.org.uk|accessdate=21 February 2018}}</ref>