STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES ARTICLE PRIZE
STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGICAL AND
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES ARTICLE PRIZE
Beginning in 2015, this prize will be awarded biennially
for the best article published in the journal Studies in History and Philosophy
of Biological and Biomedical Sciences during the previous two years by an early
career scholar.
The prize, which is supported by Elsevier, is intended
for those who, at the time of the article's publication, were doctoral
students, or were within five years of being awarded their doctorates. Articles
published in 2013 and 2014 will be eligible for the 2015 Prize.
To nominate an article or articles for the 2015 Prize,
please send an email to the Assistant Editor, Dominic Berry, at ph09djb@leeds.ac.uk<mailto:ph09djb@leeds.ac.uk>
by 31 December 2014. Self-nominations are welcome, as are brief statements
describing the oustanding quality and contribution of nominated articles.
The winning article, as judged by the Editor-in-Chief,
Advisory Editors and/or Book Reviews Editors in consultation with the Editorial
Board, will be announced in spring 2015. The winner will receive £200 and a
certificate as well as a year’s free subscription to the journal.
For the full eligibility criteria, see http://www.journals.elsevier.com/studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-science-part-c-studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-biological-and-biomedical-sciences/news/article-prize/.
Questions about the prize should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Gregory
Radick, email G.M.Radick@leeds.ac.uk<mailto:G.M.Radick@leeds.ac.uk>
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Highlights from the June 2014 issue include
-- original research articles on the history of DNA
sequencing, the complex relations between genetics and plant & animal
breeding, the role of mathematics in systematic biology, and the power of
Ludwik Fleck's perspective on the stabilization of findings into
"facts" to illuminate recent developments in autism science
-- a critical exchange between Quayshawn Spencer and Adam
Hochman on what to make philosophically of recent attempts to rehabilitate the
notion that human races are real
-- essay reviews including Michael Ruse on "the
third assault of the intelligent designers," Gowan Dawson on the Darwin
Correspondence Project, Jane Maienschein on the history of organ
transplantation, and Anya Plutynski on a pioneering study of epidemiology in
philosophical perspective
-- Ted Porter in sleuth mode, investigating, in the
concluding STUDIES C essay slot, "the curious case of blending
inheritance"
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