The Olivia Schieffelin Nordberg Award is presented every two years by the Population Council to honor excellence in writing and editing in the population sciences. This year's co-winners are Marge Berer and Vaclav Smil.
Vaclav Smil, Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba, is the author of more than 20 books, including MIT Press books Energy at the Crossroads, Enriching the Earth, Feeding the World, and The Earth's Biosphere. His books encompass a broad area of environmental, energy, food, population, economic and public policy studies. In 2000, he was also honored by the Association for the Advancement of Science with the Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology. Congratulations to Vaclav Smil!
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