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- ↑ "ROBERT L. JAFFE, Jane and Otto Morningstar Professor of Physics". MIT Faculty and Staff. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- 1 2 "2022 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Recipient Robert L. Jaffe". American Physical Society. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
Starting in 2005, together with Professor Washington Taylor, Jaffe developed and taught a new course at MIT on the Physics of Energy. Jaffe and Taylor's textbook, The Physics of Energy, an outgrowth of the course, was published in 2018 and won the 2019 PROSE award from The Association of American Publishers as the best textbook in mathematics and the physical sciences of that year. Jaffe is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Physical Society.
- ↑ "Prose Awards". Association of American Publishers. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
Since 1976, the Association of American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Awards) have recognized the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by celebrating the authors, editors, and publishers whose landmark works have made significant advancements in their respective fields of study each year.
- ↑ "2019 Category Winners". Association of American Publishers. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ↑ "Joseph A. Burton Forum Award". American Physical Society. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
To recognize outstanding contributions to the public understanding or resolution of issues involving the interface of physics and society.
