TWO NASW MEMBERS GARNER AIP SCIENCE
WRITING AWARDS

Two books, both of which explore the workings of our universe, have received 2001 American Institute of Physics (AIP) Science Writing Awards.

For the second time in her career, NASW member Marcia Bartusiak received the AIP Award in the journalist category, this time for her critically acclaimed book Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Listening to the Sounds of Space-Time. In the scientist category, co-authors Neil de Grasse Tyson, Charles Tsun-Chu Liu, and NASW member Robert Irion received the AIP Award for their book, One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos.

The AIP's Science Writing award recognizes distinguished writing that improves the general public's understanding and appreciation of physics, astronomy, and related fields. Prizes are awarded in four categories: Scientists, Journalists, Children's Books, and Broadcast Media.

Bartusiak has been covering the fields of physics and astronomy for more than two decades. Einstein's Unfinished Symphony introduces readers to the science of gravity waves-or vibrations in space-time. It was selected as a New York Times Notable Book for 2001, a Washington Post Book World Rave Review for 2000, a U.S. News & World Report Top Pick of the Week, and a Library Journal Top Science/Technology Book for 2000.

Irion, a freelance science journalist in Santa Cruz, Calif., is a contributing editor at Astronomy magazine and contributing correspondent to Science magazine. His co-author Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium at The American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and Liu is an astrophysicist at The American Museum of Natural History.

One Universe takes readers on a journey through the universe, exploring everything from the infinitesimal to the infinite, stopping along the way to explain the grand and simple connections between what happens on earth and in the cosmos. It received strong reviews in the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal, and was also named to the New York Public Library's prestigious Books for the Teenage list in 2001.

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(Source: AIP news release)