The Royal Society Book Prize 2017: a bit of a mistake?
Sept 22, 2017 12:22:00 GMT
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Post by James Hannam on Sept 22, 2017 12:22:00 GMT
Even book prizes can go awry it seems. The Royal Society Science Book Prize (which you may recall I was shortlisted for back in 2010, much to Charles Freeman's disgust) this year went to a book on gender studies.
On one level I was delighted because it was published by my publisher, a tiny independent that has never won a major prize before. But for the Royal Society it is more than a little embarrassing. Here's a bit more detail from a source I rarely see eye-to-eye with:
whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/testosterone-rex-a-biased-polemic-wins-the-royal-society-book-prize/
And a detailed review:
quillette.com/2017/03/21/cordelia-fines-testosterone-rex-a-review/
I can't help thinking this is all tied up to blowback from the Google memo.
Best wishes
James
On one level I was delighted because it was published by my publisher, a tiny independent that has never won a major prize before. But for the Royal Society it is more than a little embarrassing. Here's a bit more detail from a source I rarely see eye-to-eye with:
whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/testosterone-rex-a-biased-polemic-wins-the-royal-society-book-prize/
And a detailed review:
quillette.com/2017/03/21/cordelia-fines-testosterone-rex-a-review/
I can't help thinking this is all tied up to blowback from the Google memo.
Best wishes
James