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The 2002 Basic Prize in History of Science
The Basic Prize is intended to encourage young scholars and to
communicate the importance and interest of the subject to an
intelligent general readership.

Eligibility: The Prize is open to any new scholar in the
fields of: ·
History of Science
History of Technology ·
History of Medicine
 and closely related areas.

Only first-time authors will be considered.
To be eligible, manuscripts must not be under contract with any
publisher at the time the award is decided.

Selection Criteria: The Prize will be awarded for the best book-
length manuscript submitted during each year. Manuscripts must
be unpublished and must either fall clearly within the subject area
or be closely relevant to it. Consistent with the goals of the prize,
manuscripts will be evaluated both for their scholarly contribution
and for quality of writing; the manuscript that best combines both
attributes will be awarded the prize.

The Prize will consist of publication by Basic Books; a $7,500
advance against royalties; and a $1,000 stipend for travel to the
annual convention of the History of Science Society.

Guidelines for Submission:

All manuscripts must be received by June 30, 2002. Submit two (2)
copies of the manuscript, one to Basic Books and one to any one
judge listed below.

The Prize will be announced at the 2002 HSS meeting. Norton
Wise: Department of History Department of History, UCLA, Los
Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Mary Jo Nye: Department of History, Milan Hall 306, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA

Robert J. Richards: Morris Fishbein Center for The History of
Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

David Lindberg: Department of History of Science, 7143 Social
Sciences Bldg., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA


Send one copy of the manuscript to: Basic Books-History of
Science Prize 2002 387 Park Avenue South, 12th Floor/New York,
NY 10016, USA

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