Rachel Carson Prize (academic book prize)
Encyclopedia
The Rachel Carson Prize is awarded annually by the Society for Social Studies of Science
, an international academic association based in the United States. It is given for a book "of social or political relevance" in the field of science and technology studies
. This prize was created in 1996.
Society for Social Studies of Science
The Society for Social Studies of Science is a non-profit scholarly association devoted to the studies of science and technology. It was founded in 1975 and has, in 2008, an international membership of over 1200....
, an international academic association based in the United States. It is given for a book "of social or political relevance" in the field of science and technology studies
Science and technology studies
Science, technology and society is the study of how social, political, and cultural values affect scientific research and technological innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture...
. This prize was created in 1996.
Honorees
- 2010. Susan Greenhalgh, Just One Child
- 2009. Jeremy Greene, Prescribing by Numbers
- 2008. Joseph Masco, The Nuclear Borderlands: The Manhattan Project in Post-Cold War New Mexico
- 2007. Charis Thompson, Making Parents: The Ontological Choreography of Reproductive Technologies
- 2006. Joseph Dumit, Picturing Personhood: Brain Scans and Biomedical Identity
- 2005. Nelly Oudshoorn, The Male Pill
- 2004. Jean Langford, Fluent Bodies
- 2003. Simon ColeSimon ColeSimon Cole is Chief Executive of UBC Media Group. He co-founded the Unique Broadcasting Company in 1989, which floated on the London Stock Exchange in July 2000 as part of UBC Media Group. Simon started his radio career as a BBC trainee, moving to Manchester in the early 1980s where he became...
, Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification - 2002. Stephen Hilgartner, Science On Stage: Expert Advice as Public Drama
- 2001. Andrew HoffmanAndrew HoffmanAndrew J. Hoffman is a scholar of environmental issues and sustainable enterprise. He is the Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and where he is also associate-director of The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise...
. From Heresy to Dogma: An Institutional History of Corporate Environmentalism - 2000. Wendy Espeland. The Struggle for Water: Politics, Rationality, and Identity in the American Southwest
- 1999. Steven EpsteinSteven Epstein (academic)Steven Epstein is an American academic and the John C. Shaffer Professor in the Humanities and Professor in the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University. He spent the majority of his career as Professor of Sociology and Director of the Science Studies program at the University of...
, Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge. - 1998. Diane Vaughan, The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA.