BSHS Hughes Prize

Given by British Society for the History of Science

Outros Nomes: Dingle Prize (Inglês), Dingle Prize of the British Society for the History of Science (Inglês), Hughes Prize (Inglês)
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The BSHS Dingle Prize is awarded every two years to “the best book in the history of science (broadly construed) published in English … which is accessible to a wide audience of mostrar mais non-specialists.” The prize is very much in keeping with the Society’s concern to communicate history of science to broad audiences. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (12), Shortlist (22)
Years:
Todos, 2023 (1), 2021 (1), 2019 (1), 2017 (6), 2015 (5), 2013 (3), 2011 (6), 2009 (5), 2007 (1), 2005 (1), 2003 (1), 2001 (1), 1999 (1), 1997 (1)

Winner 12

ObraAno
Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette de Keith Wailoo2023
Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History (Chicago Visions and Revisions) de Jaipreet Virdi2021
Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane de James Delbourgo2019
Down's Syndrome: The History of a Disability (Biographies of Disease) de David Wright2013
Science: a Four Thousand Year History de Patricia Fara2011
Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction de Thomas Dixon2009
Elegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry de Philip Ball2007
Latitude & the Magnetic Earth de Stephen Pumfrey2005
The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World de Ken Alder2003
The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World de Deborah Cadbury2001
The Scientific Revolution de Steven Shapin1999
Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist de Adrian Desmond1997

Shortlist 22

ObraAno
This Mortal Coil: The Human Body in History and Culture de Fay Bound Alberti2017
Galileo's Telescope: A European Story de Massimo Bucciantini2017
Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spies de Gordon Corera2017
Scientific Babel: How Science Was Done Before and After Global English de Michael D. Gordin2017
The Dancing Bees: Karl von Frisch and the Discovery of the Honeybee Language de Tania Munz2017
The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother de Ulinka Rublack2017
The Man in the Monkeynut Coat: William Astbury and the Forgotten Road to the Double-Helix de Kersten T. Hall2015
Finding Longitude: How Ships, Clocks and Stars Helped Solve the Longitude Problem de Richard Dunn and Rebekah Higgitt2015
The History of Medicine: A Beginner's Guide de Mark Jackson2015
Voyaging in Strange Seas: The Great Revolution in Science de David Knight2015
Visions of Science: Books and Readers at the Dawn of the Victorian Age de James A. Secord2015
Science in the 20th Century and Beyond de Jon Agar2013
The Sounding of the Whale: Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century de D. Graham Burnett2013
人人都该懂的科学简史/新核心素养系列 de (英)肖恩·F.约翰斯顿2011
The Telescope: A Short History de Richard Dunn2011
God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science de James Hannam2011
The History of Science: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) de Sean F. Johnston2011
History of Science: Bolinda Beginner Guides de Sean F. Johnston2011
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science de Richard Holmes2009
The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy: Bodies, books, fortune, fame de Ruth Richardson2009
Practical Mystic: Religion, Science, and A. S. Eddington de Matthew Stanley2009
The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness de John Waller2009

Descrições

The BSHS Dingle Prize is awarded every two years to “the best book in the history of science (broadly construed) published in English … which is accessible to a wide audience of non-specialists.” The prize is very much in keeping with the Society’s concern to communicate history of science to broad audiences. (English, Member-written)
Hughes Prize from 2019 (Russian, Member-written)

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