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klumpke-roberts award -lrb- 2010 -rrb- american science writing marcia bartusiak
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marcia bartusiak

marcia bartusiak is an author , journalist , and professor of the practice of the graduate program in science writing at mit .
she writes about the fields of astronomy and physics .
marcia has been published in `` national geographic '' , `` discover '' , `` astronomy '' , `` sky & telescope '' , `` science '' , `` popular science '' , `` world book encyclopedia '' , `` smithsonian '' , and `` technology review '' .
she is a regular contributor to `` natural history '' magazine .
bartusiak has twice won the american institute of physics science writing award - in 2001 for einstein 's unfinished symphony and in 1982 for discover magazine , `` the ultimate timepiece '' .
she won the 2006 american institute of physics andrew w. gemant award .
`` the andrew gemant award recognizes the accomplishments of a person who has made significant contributions to the cultural , artistic , or humanistic dimension of physics given annually . ''
her latest book is `` black hole : how an idea abandoned by newtonians , hated by einstein , and gambled on by hawking became loved '' .
bartusiak is also the author of `` thursday 's universe '' , a layman 's guide to the frontiers of astrophysics and cosmology , `` through a universe darkly '' , a history of astronomers ' centuries-long quest to discover the universe 's composition , and `` einstein 's unfinished symphony '' , about the on-going attempt to detect gravity waves , the last experimental test of einstein 's theory of general relativity .
all three were named notable science books by `` the new york times '' .
more recently published are `` the day we found the universe '' , a narrative saga of the birth of modern cosmology and the 2010 winner of the history of science society 's davis prize -lrb- this prize recognizes books in the history of science directed to a wide public audience -rrb- , and `` archives of the universe '' , a history of the major discoveries in astronomy told through 100 of the original scientific publications .
