Prize: The Susan E. Abrams Prize in the History of Science (University of Chicago Press/History of Science Society)
Forwarded to HISTNEUR-L from H-SCI-MED-TECH. --RJ --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 22:57:13 -0500 From: "Suzanne Moon, H-SCI-MED-TECH" [smtedit@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU] Subject: The Susan E. Abrams Prize in the History of Science Sender: "H-NET List on the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology" [H-SCI-MED-TECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU] To: H-SCI-MED-TECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU From: Alan Thomas [at@press.uchicago.edu] Dear Friends: The staff of University of Chicago Press are pleased to announce a new book prize in honor of our treasured colleague Susan E. Abrams. The official announcement of the prize follows. Alan G. Thomas Editorial Director Humanities and Sciences The Susan Elizabeth Abrams Prize in History of Science The Abrams Prize is established in celebration of the innumerable contributions Susan E. Abrams has made to the history of science, through her role as editor, mentor, critic, and friend. The criteria used to award the prize reflect the rigorous standards Susan E. Abrams has brought to bear on publication within the field: originality, exceptional scholarship, and well-crafted prose. Winning manuscripts or books will embrace and elucidate the nature of science as a passion to discover and understand the natural world, as a disciplined mode of inquiry, as highly individual or intensely collaborative work, and as a significant part of the larger culture of its time. In sum, the Abrams Prize will be awarded to the work that best conveys the "life of science." The Prize is to be awarded biennially at the History of Science Society meetings, beginning in November 2003. All works in the field of history of science accepted for publication by the University of Chicago's Board of University Publications between 1 June 2001 and 31 May 2003 will be eligible for the first biennial prize. The Press is grateful to the following friends of the Press who have agreed to serve as judges for the first two years of the Prize. Mario Biagioli, Harvard University Peter Galison, Harvard University Lynn K. Nyhart, University of Wisconsin-Madison James A. Secord, Cambridge University Albert Van Helden, Utrecht University Alan G. Thomas Editorial Director, Humanities and Sciences University of Chicago Press 1427 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637-2954 phone: 773 702 7644 fax: 773 702 2705 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catalogs, online ordering, and features from our publications may be found at http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ --- End Forwarded Message ---