The “Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle (SPHN) de Genève” has
the honour to invite applications for its 2008 history of science award
entitled:
“The Marc-Auguste Pictet Prize”.
This Prize, in principle intended for a young researcher, rewards, every
second year, a significant contribution to the history of science, which
is as yet unpublished or has only recently appeared.
The Prize is endowed with an amount of CHF 15’000, and may be shared.
The Prize is open to both Swiss and foreign scholars. The applications
should be sent before March 31st 2008 to the following address:
Président de la SPHN
Muséum d’Histoire naturelle
Case postale 6434
CH-1211 GENEVE 6
SWITZERLAND
The work should be submitted in two copies and include a summary and a
curriculum vitae. It may be written in French, German, Italian or
English. In the last three cases, the summary should be translated into
French and be approximately 12 pages in length, i.e. 4,000 words or
about 20,000 characters. One copy of the prize-winning work will remain
the property of the SPHN.
The theme selected for the 2008 Prize is:
"History of the atom, from the 19th century up to the last
international fusion project"
A commission composed of professors of the University of Geneva and
external experts in the field will be responsible for examining the
applications.
The chairman of the SPHN
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