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Professor Takes NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
January 29, 2007
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Geoffrey R. Burbidge
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Physics Professor Geoffrey R. Burbidge has won the National Academy of Sciences' Award for Scientific Reviewing. The $10,000 prize is awarded annually for excellence in scientific reviewing within the past 10 years. Burbidge was cited "for contributions as editor of The Annual Review of Astronomy from 1974 to 2004, using his vast knowledge to make it the premier astronomy review journal worldwide." He is one of 18 individuals who will be honored by the academy with awards at the academy's April meeting in Washington. Burbidge's award is supported by Annual Reviews Inc., the Institute for Scientific Information and The Scientist in honor of J. Murray Luck and has been presented since 1979.
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