HAZU, ZAGREB FAIR GIVE "JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER" SCIENCE AWARDS

ZAGREB, Nov 5 (Hina) - The "Josip Juraj Strossmayer" award, which is given by the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences (HAZU) and the Zagreb Fair, were handed to the authors of this year's most successful scientific works in Croatian and the most successful publications at a ceremony in Zagreb on Tuesday. #L# This year's awards were won by academician Vladimir Ibler, the author of the book "Medjunarodno pravo mora i Hrvatska" (unofficial translation 'International Law of the Sea and Croatia'), published by "Barbat", academician Nikola Bratusic, Zoran Kravar and Viktor Zmegac, the authors of "Knjizevni protusvjetovi" (unofficial translation 'Literary Antiworlds'), published by "Matica hrvatska". Academician Drago Grdenic was awarded for his book "Povijest kemije" (History of Chemistry), published by "Novi Liber" and "Skolska knjiga". Awards for medical science works went to academician Jelena Krmpotic Nemanic and Ana Marusic for "Anatomija covjeka I-II" (Human Anatomy I-II), published by "Medicinska naklada". Ervin Zentner was awarded for his work "Antene i radiosustavi" (Antennas and Radio Systems), published by "Graphis". The HAZU and Zagreb Fair also presented charters for the most successful enterprises in publishing. The award "Josip Juraj Strossmayer" was established in 1989 with the aim of promoting scientific works in Croatian. (hina) rml sb