Tuesday, November 11, 2008

National Academies Communication Awards

SCI-TECH SAMPLING FOR VETERANS DAY - Cosmic Log - From Alan: I'll be on the road for a couple of days for the National Academies Communication Awards ...

From the linked awards site (picking the winners, including Cosmic Log, with obvious space connections):

Walter Isaacson for Einstein: His Life and Universe (Simon & Schuster), a comprehensive and scholarly ambitious look at the life and mind of the pre-eminent scientific figure of the 20th century. ...

George Butler (director), White Mountain Films, Kennedy-Marshall Films and Walt Disney Company for Roving Mars ...

Alan Boyle, MSNBC.com science editor, for selected works from Cosmic Log and his pioneering efforts to bring daily coverage of the physical sciences, technological innovation and space sciences to broad new audiences on a popular news web site. ...