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October 1, 2003
Alpha Sigma Nu, the honor society of Jesuit colleges and universities, announces the winners of the 24th annual National Jesuit Book Awards in the category of The Sciences. The awards are administered by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU).
IN THE DISCIPLINE OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES
Physics in Biology and Medicine (second edition: Harcourt/Academic Press, 2001) by Paul Davidovits (Professor of Chemistry, Boston College)
Honorable Mention: Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales (The University of Chicago Press, 2000) edited by Janet Mann (Professor of Psychology and Biology, Georgetown University) and Richard C. Connor, Peter L. Tyack, and Hal Whitehead
IN THE DISCIPLINE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Altruistically Inclined? The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity(The University of Michigan Press, 2001)
by Alexander J. Field (Professor of Economics, Santa Clara University)
IN THE DISCIPLINE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Health Professional and Patient Interaction (sixth edition: W.B. Saunders Company, 2002) by Ruth Purtilo (Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Creighton University) and Amy Haddad (School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Creighton University)
IN THE DISCIPLINE OF MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE
Boolean Functions and Computation Models (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2002) by Peter Clote (Department of Computer Science and Department of Biology, Boston College) and Evangelos Kranakis (School of Computer Science, Carlton University in Canada)
Honorable Mention: Fundamentals of Embedded Software: Where C and Assembly Meet (Prentice Hall, 2002) by Daniel W. Lewis (Professor of Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University)
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