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[[Image:National_Medal_of_Science.gif|right|thumb|130px|National Medal of Science]]
[[Image:National_Medal_of_Science.gif|right|thumb|130px|National Medal of Science]]
The '''National Medal of Science''', also called the '''Presidential Medal of Science''', is an honor given by the [[President of the United States]] to individuals in [[science]] and [[engineering]] who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of [[behavioral science|behavioral]] and [[social science]]s, [[biology]], [[chemistry]], [[engineering]], [[mathematics]] and [[physics]]. The Committee on the National Medal of Science under the [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF) is responsible for recommending medal candidates to the President. As of [[February 13]], [[2006]], there have been 425 recipients of the medal.
The '''National Medal of Science''', also called the '''Presidential Medal of Science''', is an honor given by the [[President of the United States]] to individuals in [[science]] and [[engineering]] who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of [[behavioral science|behavioral]] and [[social science]]s, [[biology]], [[chemistry]], [[engineering]], [[mathematics]] and [[physics]]. The Committee on the National Medal of Science under the [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF) is responsible for recommending medal candidates to the President. As of [[2006-02-13]], there have been 425 recipients of the medal.
==History==
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