The Bruce Medalists-天文学的终身成就奖
Monday, July 30th, 2007可能提起科学奖项,大家想起的都是诺贝尔奖(炸药),菲尔兹奖,提起天文学,大多数人都想不到什么有名的奖项,这也正常,少数了解科学动向的人,也学会知道邵逸夫奖,其中

引用主页上面的一段话,可以很好的说明这个奖项的意义:
“The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), founded in San Francisco in 1889, is a worldwide organization that brings together research scientists, teachers, amateur astronomers, and “armchair astronomers” to “advance the Science of Astronomy, and to diffuse information concerning it.” The ASP has awarded its highest honor, the Catherine Wolfe Bruce gold medal, for lifetime contributions to astronomy most years since 1898. As specified by the donor, the award is open to “citizens of any country and to persons of either sex.” Each year the directors of six observatories, three in the United States and three abroad, are asked to nominate candidates for the medal. ”
可见这个奖项并不像Nobel,针对的某一项科学成就,而是面向对天文学做出过卓越贡献的天文学家,换句话说,就是终身成就奖吧,相比之下,的确是要比其他的科学奖项多了
这个奖项从1898年开始颁发,差不多每年一人,已经整整108年,第一位获奖者是Simon Newcomb ,最近的一位获奖者是2007年的Hayashi(林忠四郎),如果你浏览一下这100多人的名单,你会知道,这些人名的背后,就是这一个世纪以来,天文学



