HSS Levinson Prize Deadline Extended to May 1



The deadline for nominations for the History of Science Society's Levinson Prize for outstanding book in the history of the life sciences and natural history has been extended to May 1st, 2014.

Nominations can be made online at http://www.hssweb.org/nominations/. Nominators do not need to be members of the HSS.

The Suzanne J. Levinson Prize is to be awarded biennially for a book in the history of the life sciences and natural history. For 2014, the book must have been written in the previous 4 years to be eligible, meaning books written in 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010 can be nominated. In establishing the prize, Mark Levinson honors his wife Suzanne J. Levinson, who was especially interested in the history of evolutionary theory, microbiology, and botany.


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