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The Academy of Sciences and Literature (German: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academyinMainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin.[1] The academy's goal is to support science and literature, and in doing so to help preserve and promote culture.
The academy has members in three classes: mathematics and natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, literature and music.[2] Each class has up to 50 full and 50 corresponding members.
Notable members have included Niels Bohr, Otto Hahn, Konrad Lorenz, Halldór Laxness, Heinrich Böll, and Jean-Marie Lehn.[1]
The Academy grants several awards:
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