Science Writers Recognized by AIP

In 2003, four individuals have received awards for their science writing from the American Institute of Physics.

The Science Writing Award to a Scientist was presented to Ray Jayawardhana, assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a contributing editor to Astronomy magazine. He was recognized for “Beyond Black,” an article he wrote for the June 2002 issue of that magazine.

The Science Writing Award to a Journalist went to Diane Tennant, staff-writer for The Virginian-Pilot, for her seven-part article “A Cosmic Tale,” which appeared in the 24–30 June 2001 issues of the newspaper.

Illustrator and author Ron Miller received the Science Writing Award for Children’s Literature for four books in the Twenty-First Century Books series Worlds Beyond. At present, his works for that series are Extrasolar Planets, The Sun, Jupiter , and Venus .

Host Bob McDonald, senior producer Jim Handman, and producer Pat Senson, all of Quirks & Quarks , a Canadian Broadcasting Corp radio show, shared the Science Writing Award in Broadcast Media for a segment entitled “It’s About Time! Inside the Fourth Dimension.” It aired on 8 September 2001 and can be heard at http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/archives/01-02/sep0801.htm .