• 2011:
George Musser for
Scientific American magazine,"Could Time End?" • 2010:
Tom Zoellner for Penguin Group, "Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World" • 2008:
Ann Finkbeiner for Viking/Penguin,"The Jasons" • 2007:
Tim Folger,
Discover Magazine,"If an Electron can be in Two Places at Once, Why Can't You?" • 2006:
Barbara Goldsmith for WW Norton and Atlas Books, "Obsessive Genius" • 2005:
Michael Moyer for
Popular Science, "Journey to the 10th Dimension" • 2004: J.
Madeleine Nash for Warner Books,
El Niño: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master Weather-Maker • 2003:
Diane Tennant for
The Virginian-Pilot,"A Cosmic Tale" • 2002: No award given • 2001:
Marcia Bartusiak for Joseph Henry Press, ''Einstein's Unfinished Symphony'' • 2000:
Ron Cowen for
USA Today, "Quantum Leap in Research Draws Cosmic Insight Closer"; Science News "Travelin' Light"; The Washington Post "Now Hear This!" • 1999:
Michael Lemonick,
Other Worlds: The Search for Life in the Universe, Simon & Schuster • 1998:
Robyn Suriano and
Todd Halvorson for
Florida Today, "Cassini: Debating the Risks" • 1997:
Hazel Muir for
New Scientist Magazine "Watch Out, Here Comes the Sun" and "A Fast Rain's Going to Fall" • 1996:
K.C. Cole for
The Los Angeles Times,(3 newspaper articles) • 1995:
Gary Taubes for
Discover Magazine, "Welcome to Femtoland" • 1994:
Dick Teresi for
Omni Magazine, "The Last Great Experiment of the 20th Century" • 1993:
Billy Goodman for
Air & Space Magazine, "The Planet Hunters" • 1992:
Dennis Overbye for Harper Collins Publishers,
Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos • 1991:
Charles Petit for
Mosaic Magazine, "Vanishingly Close to Absolute Zero" • 1990:
Jerry E. Bishop for
The Wall Street Journal, "Cold Fusion" • 1989:
Timothy Ferris for William & Morrow Inc,
Coming of Age in the Milky Way • 1988:
Richard Preston for The Atlantic Monthly Press,
First Light • 1987:
Shannon Brownlee and
Allan Chen for Discover Magazine, "Waiting for the Big One" • 1986:
Arthur Fisher for Mosaic, "Chaos: The Ultimate Asymmetry" • 1985:
Ben Patrusky for
World Book Yearbook, "The Wandering Continents" • 1984:
John Tierney for Discover Magazine,"Perpetual Commotion" • 1983:
Martin Gardner for Discover Magazine, "Quantum Weirdness" • 1982:
Marcia Bartusiak for Discover Magazine, "The Ultimate Timepiece" • 1981:
Leo Janus for
Science 80 Magazine,"Timekeepers of the Solar System" • 1980:
Dennis Overbye for
Omni Magazine, "The Wizard of Time and Space" • 1979:
Robert C. Cowen for
The Christian Science Monitor, "The New Astronomy" • 1978:
Timothy Ferris for
The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe • 1977:
William D. Metz for Science Magazine, "Fusion Research" • 1976:
Frederic Golden for
Time Magazine, "Forecast: Earthquake" • 1975: Tom Alexander for
Fortune Magazine, "Ominous Changes in the World's Weather" • 1974:
Patrick Young for The National Observer, "A Quake Is Due at..." • 1973:
Edward Edelson for
The New York News, "The Mystery of Space" • 1972:
Jerry E. Bishop for The Wall Street Journal, "Celestial Clue" • 1971:
Kenneth Weaver for National Geographic, "Voyage to the Planets" • 1970:
C.P. Gilmore for
Popular Science, "Can We Stop Earthquakes from Happening" • 1969:
Walter S. Sullivan for The New York Times, "Flight of Apollo 8" • 1968:
William J. Perkinson for
The Baltimore Sun, "ABM Primer: Physics for Defense" ==Past Winners: Scientist==