The BSHS Pickstone Prize
The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) is
pleased to announce the establishment of a new prize.
The BSHS John Pickstone Prize will be awarded every two
years to the best scholarly book in the history of science (broadly construed)
in English, alternating with the Dingle Prize for the best popular book. The Pickstone Prize is very much in keeping
with the Society’s mission to promote excellence in the academic field of
history of science, technology and medicine.
The winning book should mark a major advance in the
understanding and interpretation of the scientific past. There are no restrictions on the form of the
book; specialist monographs and synthetic works, whether singly or
multi-authored, are welcome. Edited
volumes, however, are excluded.
The value of the Pickstone Prize is £300. The winner may also have the opportunity to
give a presentation, sponsored by the BSHS, on the subject of the winning book.
The prize has been established to honour our esteemed
colleague and friend, the late Professor John Pickstone (1944-2014), whose
research and teaching so keenly exemplified the scholarly virtues that we wish
to celebrate with this memorial.
Nominations of books for the inaugural 2014 Pickstone
Prize, for books published in 2012 or 2013, are now open to all current members
of the Society. Each member can nominate
up to one book; self-nominations are not eligible.
Nominations should be sent to the Executive Secretary, execsec@bshs.org.uk, by the deadline of
15 June 2014.
A shortlist will be announced at the Society's EGM at its
annual meeting in St Andrews in early July 2014. The winner will be announced in early
December 2014.
To become a member of the BSHS, visit the website at http://www.bshs.org.uk/membership/join-online
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Gregory Radick
Professor of History and Philosophy of Science School of
Philosophy, Religion and History of Science University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
Tel: (UK) 0113 343 3269
Editor-in-Chief, Studies in History and Philosophy of
Biological and Biomedical Sciences