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John F. Kennedy

There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain. Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

The Aventis Science Book Awards: BBC SciTech

Tue, 05/23/2000 - 19:46 — charlie.collins

. . . . and the winner is: The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene!

The Aventis awards are considered the "most prestigious" science book awards and a panel of distinguished judges selects the top entries from a short list of what are arguably the most briiliant and relevant (by relevant I mean based in reality, science, and pertinent to the things that truly matter the most, truth and understanding) books of the year.

The aforementioned winning book "The Elegant Universe" is the "theory of everything" and sounds very intriguing. Note the other runners up as well, I am very interested in "A Brief History of the Future" and "Children of Prometheous" among others. Very exciting stuff.

For further info and a really quick synopsis of the winners check the BBC story link. The Aventis Science Book Awards: BBC SciTech