BSHS (British Society for the History of Science) 1999 Dingle Prize Awarded
Forwarded to HISTNEUR-L from H-SCI-MED-TECH. Russell Johnson --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:47:05 -0500 From: "Nina Lerman, H-SCI-MED-TECH" <smt@H-NET.MSU.EDU> Subject: BSHS Dingle Prize Awarded Sender: "H-NET List on the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology" <H-SCI-MED-TECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU> From: Jeff Hughes <hughes@fs4.ma.man.ac.uk> The British Society for the History of Science: 1999 Dingle Prize The British Society for the History of Science is pleased to announce that the winner of the 1999 BSHS Dingle Prize is Steven Shapin for: Steven Shapin, The Scientific Revolution, Chicago and London: the University of Chicago Press, 1996 Two other books were specially commended by the judges. These were: Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: a Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present, London: Fontana, 1997 Roger Smith, The Fontana History of the Human Sciences, London: Fontana, 1997 The 1999 BSHS Dingle Prize was awarded to the best book in history of science (broadly understood) published in English between January 1996 and December 1998, which is accessible to a wide audience of non-specialists The judges for the 1999 Dingle Prize were: * Dr Gail Vines, Science Writer and Life Sciences Consultant to New Scientist, Cambridge * Dr Stephen Pumfrey, Lecturer at Department of History, Lancaster University * Dr Jon Agar, Lecturer at the Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Manchester University The winners of the 1997 Dingle Prize were Adrian Desmond and James Moore for Darwin, London: Penguin, 1992 The BSHS website is at: http://www.bshs.org.uk For more information about the Dingle Prize contact Dr Jeff Hughes, BSHS Secretary, CHSTM, Mathematics Tower, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL. Email: hughes@fs4.ma.man.ac.uk Dr. Jeff Hughes Lecturer in History of Science & Technology CHSTM, Maths Tower, The University, Manchester. M13 9PL. UK Tel: 0161 275 5857; 07710 224 855 (m) Fax: 0161 275 5699 --- End Forwarded Message ---