The Society: The Suzanne J. Levinson Prize
The Suzanne J. Levinson Prize is to be awarded biennially for a book in the history of the life sciences and natural history. For 2010, the book must have been written in the previous 4 years to be eligible, meaning books written in 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006 can be nominated. In establishing the prize, Mark Levinson honors his wife Suzanne J. Levinson, who was especially interested in the history of evolutionary theory, microbiology, and botany. Deadline 1 April of even-numbered years.
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Past Winners of the Levinson Prize
2006 |
Sandra Herbert, Charles Darwin, Geologist (Cornell University Press, 2005) |
2008 |
Hannah Landecker, Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies (Harvard University Press, 2007) |
2010 |
Gregory Radick, The Simian Tongue: The Long Debate about Animal Language (University of Chicago Press, 2007) |
2012 |
Martin Rudwick, Worlds before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform (University of Chicago Press, 2008) |