Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris has won the PEN / E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing. for her “The Butchering Art; Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine.”
The Butchering Art Wins PEN / E.O. Wilson Prize
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Palaeocast – 2016 SVP Episode, Part Two
There was apparently so much palaeological goodness at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s 2016 meeting in Salt Lake City this year that Palaeocast couldn’t contain their coverage of it in a single podcast episode.
Adventures in the Anthropocene Wins 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize
Gaia Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene; a Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made (Milkweed Editions / Chatto & Windus) has been awarded the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books.
In their decision, the Winton Prize judges said, “Vince’s passion and strong voice grabs you instantly and the story she tells is truly original. A finely-crafted book on an important, urgent topic.”
Royal Society 2012 Winton Prize Long List Announced
The Royal Society has announced the long list of books under consideration for its 2012 Winton Prize. Named since 2011 for its present sponsor, Winton Capital Management, the prize honors the best in popular science writing originally published in English in the UK during 2011. The 2012 Long List includes twelve titles that, alas, cut […]