The American Astronomical Society recently named the winners of its awards and prizes for contributions to astronomy for 2004.
The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, the society’s most prestigious award, goes this year to Martin J. Rees, professor of cosmology and astrophysics and master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He is being honored for his “significant contributions to high-energy astrophysics and cosmology, including predicting super-luminal expansion, analyzing the role of black holes in galactic nuclei and binary x-ray sources, and developing the theory of galaxy formation and evolution.”
The George Van Biesbroeck Prize recipient is Rodger Doxsey, senior scientist and head of the Hubble mission office at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. He is being recognized for his “outstanding, unselfish dedication to making HST [the Hubble Space Telescope ] one of the most scientifically productive telescopes of all time.” The society...
