In keeping with the Society’s concern to communicate history of science to broad audiences, the 2021 Hughes Prize (formally the Dingle Prize) will be offered for the best book in the history of science, technology, and medicine, first published in English in 2019 or 2020, which is accessible to a wide audience of non-specialists. The [...]
Every two years our Outreach and Engagement Committee awards the BSHS Ayrton Prize for digital or online engagement. After deliberating over an impressive number and variety of submissions, our judging panel have announced two joint-winners for the 2019 prize, and would like to commend a further two projects for their exceptional quality. [...]
Marie Skłodowska Curie has been voted the most significant woman in world history in a poll conducted by BBC History magazine. She was nominated by Patricia Fara, President of the British Society for the History of Science. The magazine compiled a shortlist of '100 women who changed the world', chosen by 10 experts, and asked its [...]
