The John Desmond Bernal Prize is an award given annually by the

Society for Social Studies of Science The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is a non-profit scholarly association devoted to the social studies of science and technology (STS). It was founded in 1975 and as of 2008 its international membership exceeds 1,200. In 2016, over ...

(4S) to scholars judged to have made a distinguished contribution to the interdisciplinary field of

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(STS).About the John Desmond Bernal Prize http://www.4sonline.org/prizes/bernal The award was launched in 1981, with the support of

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. The award is named after the scientist

John Desmond Bernal John Desmond Bernal (; 10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal wrote popular book ...

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