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Gemant Award Bestowed on Trefil

MAR 01, 2001
Physics Today

The American Institute of Physics presented its Andrew W. Gemant Award for 2000 at the Sigma Pi Sigma 2000 Congress held last September at the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland.

The winner, James Trefil, was honored for his “outstanding and sustained contributions in presenting a broad range of topics in physics to millions of nonscientists around the world, through books, periodical articles, radio, and television.” He also was cited for his “effective national leadership in developing and promoting new curricula for science education.” Trefil is a Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

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