BSHS Hughes Prize

Attributo da British Society for the History of Science

Altri nomi: Dingle Prize (Inglese), Dingle Prize of the British Society for the History of Science (Inglese), Hughes Prize (Inglese)
34 opere 7,585 libri 142 recensioni ½ 3.9
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 mostra altro non-specialists.” The prize is very much in keeping with the Society’s concern to communicate history of science to broad audiences. mostra meno
Fasi:
Tutto, Winner (12), Shortlist (22)
Anni:
Tutto, 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

OperaAnno
Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette di Keith Wailoo2023
Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History (Chicago Visions and Revisions) di Jaipreet Virdi2021
Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane di James Delbourgo2019
Down's Syndrome: The History of a Disability (Biographies of Disease) di David Wright2013
Science: a Four Thousand Year History di Patricia Fara2011
Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction di Thomas Dixon2009
Elegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry di Philip Ball2007
Latitude & the Magnetic Earth di Stephen Pumfrey2005
La misura di tutte le cose: l'avventurosa storia dell'invenzione del sistema metrico decimale di Ken Alder2003
The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World di Deborah Cadbury2001
La rivoluzione scientifica di Steven Shapin1999
Darwin di Adrian Desmond1997

Shortlist 22

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

Descrizioni

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, Scritto da un membro)
Hughes Prize from 2019 (Russian, Scritto da un membro)

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