American Historian of Chinese Astronomy and Culture Wins 2011 Osterbrock Book Prize
Sunday, November 07, 2010
, Author: Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
The Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) of the American
Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded its 2011 Donald E.
Osterbrock Book Prize to Nathan Sivin
for his landmark volume "Granting the Seasons: The Chinese
Astronomical Reform of 1280, With a Study of Its Many Dimensions
and an Annotated Translation of Its Records."
Nathan Sivin is Professor of Chinese Culture and of the History
of Science, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Osterbrock Book Prize is named in memory of Donald E.
Osterbrock (1924-2007). He was Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and
Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and
former Director of the Lick Observatory. More info about the prize
is available here.
The American Astronomical Society (AAS), established in 1899 and based
in Washington, DC, is the major organization of professional
astronomers in North America.
The AAS Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) exists for the purpose of
advancing interest in topics relating to the historical nature of
astronomy: the history of astronomy, archaeoastronomy, and the
application of historical records to modern astrophysical
problems.