Carl Sagan Award for Public Appreciation of Science

The Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science is an award presented by the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) to individuals who have become “concurrently accomplished as researchers and/or educators, and as widely recognized magnifiers of the public's understanding of science.” The award was first presented in 1993 to astronomer Carl Sagan (1934–1996), who is also the award's namesake.

Winners

1993: Carl Sagan, Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Cornell University
1994: E. O. Wilson, Curator, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
1995: National Geographic Society and National Geographic Magazine: Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor and William Allen
1996: PBS Nova and Paula Apsell
1997: Bill Nye, Bill Nye the Science Guy
1998: Alan Alda, John Angier, Graham Chedd, PBS Scientific American Frontiers
1999: Richard Harris; Ira Flatow, National Public Radio
2000: John Rennie, Scientific American
2001: John Noble Wilford, "Science Times" of the New York Times
2002: Philip G. Zimbardo, PBS Discovering Psychology
2003: Island Press^[1]
2004: Popular Science
2005: Cheryl Heuton and Nicolas Falacci, creators of Numb3rs
2006: Court TV
2007: Kenneth R. Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling, Los Angeles Times
2009: Thomas Friedman, The New York Times
2010: Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society
2013: Bassam Shakhashiri, American Chemical Society^[2]
2017: Charles Bolden, Former Administrator – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2018: Steven Pinker^[3]
2019: William S. Hammack^[4]

References

^ "The Council of Scientific Society". cssp.us. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Carl Sagan Award". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
^ "» Awards". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
^ "Professor Bill Hammack receives Carl Sagan Award for the Public Appreciation of Science". Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

External links

[1] "The Council of Scientific Society". cssp.us. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[2] "Carl Sagan Award". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-11-11.

[3] "» Awards". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

[4] "Professor Bill Hammack receives Carl Sagan Award for the Public Appreciation of Science". Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

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