Ten years distributing prizes
Scholarship for Kepa Altonaga
The scholarship for the writing of the informative book has been granted by the biologist and disseminator Kepa Altonaga, Etxepare, doctor of Aldune. The jury unanimously decided that the project was worthy of the prize, since “the sample and explanation of the work, in addition to being round, the proposal becomes attractive from the same starting point. He invites us to know in depth a character who has had a prominent place in our history, but until now quite unknown. And not only that, taking advantage of the trajectory and thought of the person, in the book we are going to give some general aspects of the science, of the history of Euskal Herria of the time and of many others, all very interesting.” In the opinion of the jury, Kepare's work will be complete, rich and entertaining.
In view of the trajectory of Kepa Altonaga, it does not seem that the announcement will fail, since it has extensive experience in scientific dissemination. He has already written two books about unknown and interesting characters. However, on this occasion he wanted to resume his old acquaintance, the doctor and writer Jean Etxepare. Peter believes this will be the most difficult of the three books. “With Etxepare, cultivating the character, there is danger of not making a very natural book. And if you play several themes I have in mind, Etxepare himself may be eclipsed in the book.”
Pain in meanders wins in articles
As for the articles of dissemination, the work of biologists Oihana Izagirre and Oihane Lakar has received the first prize, “because it masterfully combines how to follow up on the state of health of our rivers, our treasures, our land, science and dissemination.”
The work that has analyzed the ecology of rivers has been titled Meandroen mine. In addition to describing what a healthy river is, he has realized the situation in Euskal Herria and the work carried out in the development of a methodology that allows to measure systematically the state of the rivers. The development of these methodologies will be of great importance for the fulfillment of the European Water Directive. The directive obliges the European rivers to be in a good ecological state for the year 2015, and in view of the current situation of ours, “their fulfillment would give the same work as all the biologists of the Basque Country”.
The second prize has been for the play El alma de jazz del Replicante. Aitzol Ezeiza, Karmele López de Ipiña and Montxo López de Ipiña have analyzed the paths that are being followed to develop the intelligence and feel of the computers and have opened a box office for the future. The jury has valued the current theme, the quality of the scientific content, the style of the writing used and the simple and comprehensive presentation of a hard and heavy subject.
The third prize has fallen into the pleasure that can become a necessity, caffeine. The Jury considers that the article is a good reflection of the aspects of interest related to caffeine, such as historical aspects, physiological mechanisms of influence, and all situations of dependence and abstinence that derive from it. Aitziber Mendiguren, Luis F. Callado and Joseba Pineda are the authors of the work.
No boredom
Nineteen articles have been the subject of competition at this year's CAF-Elhuyar awards, and according to the jury, it has been a variety of topics and ways to address them. They say they have not been bored, and that although not all the works have been completely satisfied, they have emphasized that in general the works have been of great quality.
The jury consists of five people: Koldo Nuñez-Betelu, Ph.D. in Geology and Scientific Disseminator; Pili Calzada, Journalist and Scientific Disseminator; Mikel Álvarez, Doctor and General Director of the Basurto Hospital; Jesús Ugalde, Professor of Chemistry and winner of this year's Euskadi Research Prize; and Julián Florez, Industrial Engineering Professor.
Gorka Azkun has won another year the special prize for young informers for his article Izarren energia bila. Gorka, a physics lover, has already received three times a CAF-Elhuyar award for her ability to easily explain difficult subjects. On this occasion he has addressed nuclear fusion, a current issue. He explained what the intentions to realize and exploit in a controlled way the reaction that occurs in the stars, explaining first the basis of the nuclear fusion, until to make known the last advances of the international project ITER. The award has been “an elegantly written article”, “read easily, but without losing the accuracy of the subject.” |
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