John Desmond Bernal Prize

The John Desmond Bernal Prize is an award given annually by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) to scholars judged to have made a distinguished contribution to the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS).[1] The award was launched in 1981, with the support of Eugene Garfield.[2]

The award is named after the scientist John Desmond Bernal.

Award recipients

Year Recipient Notable works
1981[3] Derek de Solla Price Little Science, Big Science
1982 Robert K. Merton The Sociology of Science
1983[4] Thomas S. Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
1984 Joseph Needham Science and Civilisation in China
1985[5] Joseph Ben-David The Scientist's Role in Society: A Comparative Study
1986[6] Michael Mulkay The Word and the World: Explorations in the Form of Sociological Analysis
1987[7] Christopher Freeman The Economics of Industrial Innovation
1988[8] Dorothy Nelkin Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology
1989 Gerald Holton The Scientific Imagination
1990[9] Thomas Hughes Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930
1991[2] Melvin Kranzberg By the Sweat of Thy Brow: Work in the Western World (with Joseph Gies)
1992[10] Bruno Latour Laboratory Life (with Steve Woolgar)
1993[11] David Edge Astronomy Transformed (with Michael Mulkay)
1994[12] Mary Douglas Natural Symbols
1995[12] Bernard Barber Science and the Social Order
1996[13] David Bloor Knowledge and Social Imagery
1997[14] Harry Collins The Golem: What Everyone Should Know about Science (with Trevor Pinch)
1998 Barry Barnes Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory
1999 Martin J.S. Rudwick The Great Devonian Controversy: The Shaping of Scientific Knowledge among Gentlemanly Specialists
2000[15] Donna Haraway A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century
2001[16] Steven Shapin Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life (with Simon Schaffer)
2002 Michel Callon The Laws of the Markets
2003 Helga Nowotny Re-Thinking Science (with Michael Gibbon and Peter Scott)
2004 Sheila Jasanoff Controlling Chemicals
2005 Donald MacKenzie Mechanizing proof: computing, risk, and trust
2006 Wiebe Bijker Of bicycles, bakelites and bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change
2007 Ruth Schwartz Cowan A Social History of American Technology
2008 Steve Woolgar Laboratory Life (with Bruno Latour)
2009 Karin Knorr Cetina Epistemic Cultues: How the Sciences Make Knowledge
2010 Brian Wynne Rationality and Ritual: The Windscale Inquiry and Nuclear Decisions in Britain
2011 Evelyn Fox Keller Reflections on Gender and Science
2012 Adele Clarke Disciplining Reproduction: American Life Scientists and the 'Problem of Sex'
2013 Sandra Harding The Science Question in Feminism
2014 Lucy Suchman Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-machine Communication
2015[17] John Law Power, action, and belief: a new sociology of knowledge

References

  1. About the John Desmond Bernal Prize http://www.4sonline.org/prizes/bernal
  2. 1 2 Kranzberg, Melvin (1992). "Acceptance". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 17 (3): 350–395. JSTOR 690103.
  3. Turner, G. L'e. (1984). "Obituary: Derek John de Solla Price 1922 – 1983". Annals of Science. 41 (2): 105–107. doi:10.1080/00033798400200431. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. Kuhn, Thomas (1983). "Reflections on Receiving the John Desmond Bernal Award". 4S Review. 1 (4): 26–30. JSTOR 690305.
  5. "News". 4S Review. 3 (4): 30–36. 1985. JSTOR 690334.
  6. Mulkay, Michael (1986). "A Black Day for the 4S". Science & Technology Studies. 4 (3/4): 41–43. JSTOR 690413.
  7. "Obituary: Christopher Freeman". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  8. Nelkin, Dorothee; Lindee, M. Susan (1996). ""Genes Made Me Do It": The Appeal of Biological Explanations". Politics and the Life Sciences. 15 (1): 95–97. JSTOR 4236198.
  9. Rip, Arie (1991). "Citation for Thomas P. Hughes, 1990 Bernal Prize Recipient". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 16 (3): 382–386. doi:10.1177/016224399101600307. JSTOR 689922.
  10. Rip, Arie (1993). "Citation for Bruno Latour". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 18 (3): 379–383. doi:10.1177/016224399301800307. JSTOR 689727.
  11. MacKenzie, Donald (2003). "Eloge: David Owen Edge, 1932-2003". Isis. 94 (3): 498–499. doi:10.1086/380659. JSTOR 10.1086/380659.
  12. 1 2 Restivo, Sal; Dowty, Rachel (2008). "Obituary: Bernard Barber and Mary Douglas". Social Studies of Science. 38 (4): 635–640. doi:10.1177/0306312708095712. JSTOR 25474599.
  13. Restivo, Sal (1997). "Citation for Bloor". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 22 (3): 669–370. JSTOR 689892.
  14. Knorr-Cetina, Karin (1998). "Citation for H.M. Collins". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 23 (4): 491–493. doi:10.1177/016224399802300407. JSTOR 690144.
  15. Bould, Mark; Butler, Andrew; Roberts, Adam (2009). Fifty key figures in science fiction. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415439507.
  16. Reuell, Peter. "A lifetime of scholarship, recognized". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  17. "International award for OU Emeritus professor who combines the technical with the social". Open University. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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