National Academy of Science 2005 Communication Awards announced

Friday, September 23, 2005

2005 NAS awards announced. Top book prize: John Barry's The Great Influenza, about the 1918 pandemic. (A great book, I agree, but I still prefer Crosby's America's Forgotten Pandemic.) Carl Zimmer also received finalist honors for several of his essays, including blog entries. Three cheers for great science writing!

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I'm Tara C. Smith
From Iowa, United States
I'm a mom and a scientist, your basic stressed-out, wanna-have-it-all-and-do-it-all Gen Xer. Recently transplanted from Ohio to Iowa, I've spent most of my life in the midwest (with 4 years of college spent out east in "soda" territory). My main interest, and the subject of my research, is infectious disease: how does the microbe cause illness? What makes one strain nasty, and another "avirulent?" Are the latter really not causing any disease, or could some of those be possible for the development of chronic disease years down the road? Additionally, I've spent a lot of time discussing the value of teaching evolution, and educating others about "intelligent design" and other forms of creationism. My interest in history of science and medicine is also useful as a way to tie all of the above interests together. [Disclaimer: the views here are solely my own, and do not represent my employer, my spouse, that guy who's always sitting by the fountain when I come into work, or anyone else with whom I may be remotely affiliated.]

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