dirac Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 The contenders for the Samuel Johnson prize in non-fiction are announced. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/1...prize-shortlist A strong scientific flavour dominates this year's candidates for the UK's most prestigious non-fiction award, with Holmes's historical take joined by Guardian journalist Ben Goldacre's dismantling of pseudo-science, Steve Jones's look at Charles Darwin's lesser-known writings, and Manjit Kumar's history of quantum theory and the conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality. Patricia Fara also makes the running with a 4,000-year history of science, while scientist Elizabeth Pisani is in contention for The Wisdom of Whores, an insider's view of the 10 years she spent working in the Aids industry. Link to comment
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