Science Writing Award
The American Institute of Physics science writing, 2) work intended for children, and 3) work done in new media. The AIP stopped issuing awards to three categories: 1) work by a professional journalist work by a scientist broadcast media
Notable winners of this Science Writing Award include Nobel Prize winners Charles Townes and Steven Weinberg; other notables winners include Simon Singh, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Lawrence Krauss, John Wheeler, Kip Thorne, Leonard Susskind, Clifford Martin Will, Abraham Pais, Heinz Pagels, Banesh Hoffmann, and Martin Gardner.
Winners: New Media
- 2012: - Anna Rothschild for Nova, "The Amazing Atomic Clock"
Past Winners: Journalist
- 2011: George Musser for Scientific American magazine,"Could Time End?"
- 2010: Tom Zoellner for Penguin Group, "Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World"
- 2008: Ann Finkbeiner for Viking/Penguin,"The Jasons"
- 2007: Tim Folger, Discover Magazine,"If an Electron can be in Two Places at Once, Why Can't You?"
- 2006: Barbara Goldsmith for WW Norton and Atlas Books, "Obsessive Genius"
- 2005: Michael Moyer for Popular Science, "Journey to the 10th Dimension"
- 2004: J. Madeleine Nash for Warner Books, El Niño: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master Weather-Maker
- 2003: Diane Tennant for The Virginian-Pilot,"A Cosmic Tale"
- 2002: No award given
- 2001: Marcia Bartusiak for Joseph Henry Press, Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
- 2000: Ron Cowen for USA Today, "Quantum Leap in Research Draws Cosmic Insight Closer"; Science News "Travelin' Light"; The Washington Post "Now Hear This!"
- 1999: Michael Lemonick, , Simon & Schuster
- 1998: Robyn Suriano and Todd Halvorson for Florida Today, "Cassini: Debating the Risks"
- 1997: Hazel Muir for New Scientist Magazine "Watch Out, Here Comes the Sun" and "A Fast Rain's Going to Fall"
- 1996: K.C. Cole for The Los Angeles Times,
- 1995: Gary Taubes for Discover Magazine, "Welcome to Femtoland"
- 1994: Dick Teresi for Omni Magazine, "The Last Great Experiment of the 20th Century"
- 1993: Billy Goodman for Air & Space Magazine, "The Planet Hunters"
- 1992: Dennis Overbye for Harper Collins Publishers, Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos
- 1991: Charles Petit for Mosaic Magazine, "Vanishingly Close to Absolute Zero"
- 1990: Jerry Bishop for The Wall Street Journal, "Cold Fusion"
- 1989: Timothy Ferris for William & Morrow Inc, Coming of Age in the Milky Way
- 1988: Richard Preston for The Atlantic Monthly Press, First Light
- 1987: Shannon Brownlee and Allan Chen for Discover Magazine, "Waiting for the Big One"
- 1986: Arthur Fisher for Mosaic, "Chaos: The Ultimate Asymmetry"
- 1985: Ben Patrusky for World Book Yearbook, "The Wandering Continents"
- 1984: John Tierney for Discover Magazine,"Perpetual Commotion"
- 1983: Martin Gardner for Discover Magazine, "Quantum Weirdness"
- 1982: Marcia F. Bartusiak for Discover Magazine, "The Ultimate Timepiece"
- 1981: Leo Janus for Science 80 Magazine,"Timekeepers of the Solar System"
- 1980: Dennis Overbye for Omni Magazine, "The Wizard of Time and Space"
- 1979: Robert C. Cowen for The Christian Science Monitor, "The New Astronomy"
- 1978: Timothy Ferris for The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
- 1977: William D. Metz for Science Magazine, "Fusion Research"
- 1976: Frederic Golden for Time Magazine, "Forecast: Earthquake"
- 1975: Tom Alexander for Fortune Magazine, "Ominous Changes in the World's Weather"
- 1974: Patrick Young for The National Observer, "A Quake Is Due at..."
- 1973: Edward Edelson for The New York News, "The Mystery of Space"
- 1972: Jerry E. Bishop for The Wall Street Journal, "Celestial Clue"
- 1971: Kenneth Weaver for National Geographic, "Voyage to the Planets"
- 1970: C.P. Gilmore for Popular Science, "Can We Stop Earthquakes from Happening"
- 1969: Walter S. Sullivan for The New York Times, "Flight of Apollo 8"
- 1968: William J. Perkinson for The Baltimore Sun, "ABM Primer: Physics for Defense"
Past Winners: Scientist
Scientific magazine
Could Time End?
2009 - Dan Falk
COSMOS magazine
End of Days: A Universe in Ruins
2008 - Gino Segre
Viking/Penguin
Faust in Copenhagen
2007 - James Trefil
Astronomy magazine
Where is the Universe Heading?
2006: Simon Singh
Harper Collins
Big Bang
2005: Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Natural History Magazine
In the Beginning
2004: Len Fisher
Arcade Publishing, Inc.
How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life
www.lenfisher.co.uk
2003: Ray Jayawardhana
Astronomy Magazine
Beyond Black
2002: Lawrence Krauss
Little, Brown & Co
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Honorable Mention: Ken Croswell
The Free Press
The Universe at Midnight
2001: Neil de Grasse Tyson, Charles Liu, and Robert Irion
Joseph Henry Press
One Universe
2000: Charles H. Townes
Oxford University Press
How the Laser Happened
1999: John Wheeler and Kenneth Ford,
W.W. Norton,
Geons, Black Holes & Quantum Foam
1998: Leonard Susskind,
Scientific American,
Black Holes and the Information Paradox
1997: Award postponed until 1998
1996: Mitchell Begelman & Martin Rees
W.H. Freeman & Co.
Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe
1995: Eric Chaisson
HarperCollins Publishing
The Hubble Wars
1994: Kip S. Thorne
W.W. Norton & Company
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1993: Hans C. von Baeyer
Random House
Taming the Atom
1992: David C. Cassidy
W.H. Freeman & Co.
Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg
1991: Harold Lewis
W.W. Norton & Co.
Technological Risk
1990: Bruce Murray
W.W. Norton & Co.
Journey Into Space
1989: Mark Littmann
John Wiley & Sons
Planets Beyond: Discovering the Outer Solar System
1988: Michael Riordan
Simon & Schuster
The Hunting of the Quark
1987: Clifford Martin Will
Basic Books
Was Einstein Right?
1986: Donald Goldsmith
Walker and Company
Nemesis: The Death Star
1985: Edwin C. Krupp
Macmillan Publishing Company
The Comet and You
1984: George Greenstein
Freundlich Books
Frozen Star
1983: Abraham Pais
Oxford University Press
Subtle Is the Lord...The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
1982: Heinz Pagels
Simon & Schuster
The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature
1981: Eric Chaisson
Little, Brown & Company
Cosmic Dawn
1980:,
W.H. Freeman & Company
Black Holes and Warped Spacetime
1979: Hans C. von Baeyer
Alumni Gazette, College of William & Mary
The Wonder of Gravity
1978: Edwin C. Krupp
Doubleday & Company
In Search of Ancient Astronomies
1977: Steven Weinberg
Basic Books, Inc.
The First Three Minutes
1976: Jeremy Bernstein
The New Yorker
Physicist: I.I. Rabi
1975: Robert H. March
Science Year
The Quandary Over Quarks
1974: Robert D. Chapman
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
'Comet Kohoutek
1973: Banesh Hoffmann
Viking Press
Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel
1972: Dietrich Schroeer
Addison-Wesley
Physics & Its Fifth Dimension: Society
1971: Robert H. March
MacGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
Physics for Poets
1970: Jeremy Bernstein
Atomic Energy Commission
The Elusive Neutrino
1969: Kip S. Thorne
Science Year
The Death of a Star''
Past Winners: Children's
2011: Vicki WittensteinBoyds Mills Press
"Planet Hunter: Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths"
2010: Gillian Richardson
Annick Press Ltd.
"Kaboom! Explosions of All Kinds"
2009: Cora Lee and Gillian O’Reilly
Annick Press
"The Great Number Rumble: A story of Math in Surprising Places"
2008: Alexandra Siy and Dennis Kunkel
Charlesbridge
"SNEEZE!
2007: Jacob Berkowitz
Kids Can Press
"Jurassic Poop"
2006: David Garrison, Shannon Hunt and Jude Isabella
Kids Can Press
"Fantastic Feats and Failures"
2005: Bea Uusma Schyffert
Chronicle Books
"The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon"
2004: Marianne Dyson
National Geographic
"Home on the Moon: Living in the Space Frontier"
2003: Ron Miller
Twenty-First Century Books, a Division of The Millbrook Press
Worlds Beyond Series: Extrasolar Planets, The Sun, Jupiter, and Venus
2002: Fred Bortz
The Millbrook Press
Techno-Matter: The Materials Behind the Marvels
2001: Cynthia Pratt Nicolson
Kids Can Press
Exploring Space
2000: Jill Frankel Hauser
Williamson Publishing
Science Play!
Gizmos & Gadgets
1999: Elaine Scott
Hyperion Books for Children
Close Encounters
1998: Barbara Taylor
Henry Holt and Company
Earth Explained
1997: Donald Silver
Silver Burdett Press
Extinction is Forever
1996: Steve Tomecek
W.H. Freeman and Company
Bouncing & Bending Light
1995: Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy
Crown Publishers, Inc.
The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space
1994: Wendy Baker, Andrew Haslam, and Alexandra Parsons
Macmillan
Make it Work!
1993: Gail Gibbons
Holiday House
Stargazers
1992: Gloria Skurzynski
Bradbury Press
Almost The Real Thing
1991: Richard Maurer
Simon & Schuster Inc.
Airborne
1990: David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin Company
The Way Things Work
1989: Gail Kay Haines
Putnam & Grosset
Micromysteries
1988: Susan Kovacs Buxbaum, Rita Golden Graham, and Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Basic Books
Splash! All About Baths
Past Winner: Broadcast Media
2009: Tom Shachtman and David DuganWindfall Films in collaboration with Meridian Productions and broadcast on WGBH/NOVA in association with TPT/Twin Cities Public Television
"Absolute Zero"
2008: Julia Cort
WGBH/NOVA scienceNOW
"Asteroid"
2007: Jim Handman, Pat Senson, and Bob McDonald
CBC Radio
"Multiple Worlds, Parallel Universes"
2006: David Kestenbaum
National Public Radio
"Einstein's Miraculous Year: How Smart was Einstein?"
2005: Jon Palfreman
WNET New York
"Innovation: Light Speed"
2004: William S. Hammack
"Public Radio Pieces" WILL-AM Radio
2003: Jim Handman, Pat Senson, and Bob McDonald
CBC Radio
"It's About Time"
2002: David Kestenbaum
National Public Radio
"Measuring Muons"
2001: Jon Palfreman
WGBH- Frontline/NOVA
"What's Up with the Weather?"
2000: Craig Heaps
KTVU- TV
Time & Space
Space Weather
1999: Dan Falk
CBC Radio
From Empedocles to Einstein
1998: Sandy Rathbun and Dave Greenleaf
KVOA-TV
Asteroid: The Real Story