Suzanne J. Levinson Prize
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The Suzanne J. Levinson Prize is a prize of the History of Science Society
, awarded biennially and established in 2006. The prize is given to the author of "a book in the history of the life sciences and natural history," published in the previous four years. The following authors have won the Levinson Prize: 2006 Prize - Sandra Herbert, Charles Darwin: Geologist ISBN 0801443482; 2008 Prize - Hannah Landecker
, Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies ISBN 0-674-02328-5.
History of Science Society
The History of Science Society is the primary professional society for the academic study of the history of science.It was founded in 1924 by George Sarton and Lawrence Joseph Henderson, primarily to support the publication of Isis, a journal of the history of science Sarton had started in 1912....
, awarded biennially and established in 2006. The prize is given to the author of "a book in the history of the life sciences and natural history," published in the previous four years. The following authors have won the Levinson Prize: 2006 Prize - Sandra Herbert, Charles Darwin: Geologist ISBN 0801443482; 2008 Prize - Hannah Landecker
Hannah Landecker
Hannah Landecker is an author and Associate Professor of Sociology at UCLA. Her research interests are the social and historical study of biotechnology and life science, from 1900 to the present, the intersections of biology and technology, with a particular focus on cells, and the in vitro...
, Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies ISBN 0-674-02328-5.