The Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award is awarded by the American Astronomical Society for astronomy writing for an academic audience, specifically textbooks at either the upper-division undergraduate level or the graduate level. The award is one of three AAS medal programs established by Dr. Carlson R. Chambliss, Professor Emeritus [1] of astronomy of Kutztown University, Pennsylvania. [2]
Books suitable for this award must be currently available in North America. Criteria include depth and focus, organization, clarity and effective study aids and exercises. A single gold medal is given, and if the winning book has multiple authors, the $1,000 monetary award is divided, and multiple certificates issued. [3]
| Year | Recipient | Book | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Barbara Ryden | Introduction to Cosmology (2003) [4] | Addison-Wesley |
| 2007 | Imke de Pater, Jack Lissauer | Planetary Sciences (2001) [5] [6] | Cambridge University Press |
| 2008 | Linda S. Sparke, John Gallagher III | Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction (2007) [7] | Cambridge University Press |
| 2009 | Dan Maoz | Astrophysics in a Nutshell (2007) [8] [9] [10] | Princeton University Press |
| 2010 | Hale Bradt | Astrophysics Processes: The Physics of Astronomical Phenomena (2008) [11] [12] [13] | Cambridge University Press |
| 2011 | Caleb A. Scharf | Extrasolar Planets and Astrobiology (2009) [14] | University Science Books (now MIT Press [15] ) |
| 2012 | Abraham Loeb | How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form? (2010) [16] [17] [18] | Princeton University Press |
| 2013 | George Rieke | Measuring the Universe: A Multiwavelength Perspective (2012) [19] | Cambridge University Press |
| 2018 | Kevin Heng | Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Theoretical Concepts and Foundations (2017) [20] [21] | Princeton University Press |
| 2019 | David Branch, J. Craig Wheeler | Supernova Explosions (2017) [22] [23] [24] [25] | Springer Nature |
| 2020 | Thomas Burbine | Asteroids: Astronomical and Geological Bodies (2017) [26] | Cambridge University Press |
| 2022 | Daniel Baumann | Cosmology (2022) [27] [28] [29] | Cambridge University Press |
| 2023 | Henny J.G.L.M. Lamers, Emily Levesque | Understanding Stellar Evolution (2017) [30] [31] [32] | IOP Publishing |
| 2024 | Viviana Acquaviva | Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy (2023) [33] [34] | Princeton University Press |
| 2025 | Dragan Huterer | A Course in Cosmology: From Theory to Practice (2023) [35] [36] | Cambridge University Press |
| 2026 | Marc Pinsonneault, Barbara Ryden | Stellar Structure and Evolution (2023) [37] [38] | Cambridge University Press |