Nel 1981 ricevette il Premio Louisa Gross Horwitz dalla Università Columbia e nel 1985 la medaglia Copley dalla Royal Society. ###>According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 58.2 square miles (150.9 km²), of which, 55.9 square miles (144.8 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (6.1 km²) of it (4.03%) is water.