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American Institute of Physics, when they announced the winners of the 2009 AIP "Science Communication Awards" last week. Toronto-based writer Dan Falk was recognized in the Science writing category for an article published in COSMOS magazine in 2008 entitled "End of days: a universe in ruins". Toronto's Gillian Oreilly won the Children's Category for a 2007 book she co-wrote with Vancouver's Cora Lee entitled "The Great Number Rumble: A Story of Math in Surprising Places.
"The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announced the three winning
entries in the 2009 Science Communication Awards today. The winning
authors -- a freelance science journalist, a TV and film director, an
author and screenwriter, and two children's book authors -- will split
three prizes of $3,000. They will each also get engraved Windsor chairs
and certificates of recognition. "These outstanding science
communicators have each improved the general public's appreciation of
physics, astronomy, and related sciences through their wonderfully
creative endeavors," says Catherine O'Riordan, AIP Vice President,
Physics Resources. "We are pleased to be able to recognize such
excellent work."
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