The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry solicits nominations for the 2012 John and Martha Morris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Modern Chemistry or the History of the Chemical Industry. This award honours the memory … Continue reading →

The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books judges have chosen a shortlist of six books that they describe as having taken them out of their depth and giving them thrilling new experiences of the world of science. The first … Continue reading →

The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize celebrates the best books that communicate science to young people. The prize is open to books in which science is a substantial aspect of the book’s content, narrative or theme and which are … Continue reading →

The British Society for the History of Mathematics is pleased to invite submissions for its 2011-12 undergraduate essay prize. The essay, which may be on any topic within the history of mathematics, should be between 2000-2500 words. The prize is … Continue reading →

The Notes and Records Essay Award is open to researchers in the history of science who have completed a postgraduate degree within the last five years. The unpublished essay, based on original research, should relate to aspects of the history … Continue reading →

The Outreach and Education Committee is very pleased to announce that first prize in the 2010 Great Exhibitions competition has been awarded to the Museo Galileo in Florence. Second prize was won by the Thackray Museum in  Leeds for their … Continue reading →

URL: http://www.bshs.org.uk/prizes/singer-prize/singer-prize-2010The 2010 BSHS Singer Prize winner has been announced.

The 2010 BSHS Singer Prize has been awarded to Don Leggett, University of Kent for his essay ‘Replication and replacing: comparative contexts of naval science, 1868-1903’. The judges were impressed by the rich analysis based on an extensive range of … Continue reading →

The British Society for the History of Science is delighted to announce the result of the 2009 BSHS Slade Prize.The winner is Prof. Simon Schaffer of the University of Cambridge, for his essay “How Disciplines Look.”The 2009 BSHS Slade Prize … Continue reading →

Winners of the BSHS Slade Prize, awarded for the best critical contribution to the history or historiography of science/technology/medicine have been:2009: Simon Schaffer, “How Disciplines Look.”2005: Hasok Chang, “Adventures of a Scientific Potter: The Rise and Fall of the Wedgwood … Continue reading →