STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that its Springer Handbook of Robotics has been awarded the Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics. The Handbook was also the winner in the subcategory Engineering & Technology. The awards were announced during the Annual Conference of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers in Washington, DC.
Springer was also awarded two honorable mentions for excellence in publishing. Evolution: Education and Outreach received an honorable mention for journals in the category Social Sciences & Humanities, and Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel received an honorable mention for books in the category Cosmology & Astronomy.
The PROSE Awards recognise the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished books, journals, and electronic content in over 35 disciplines. Judged by peer publishers, librarians, and medical professionals, the PROSE Awards are extraordinary for their breadth and depth.
