The John Desmond Bernal Prize is an award given annually by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) to scholars judged to have made a distinguished contribution to the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS).
[1] The award was launched in 1981, with the support of Eugene Garfield.
[2] The award is named after the scientist John Desmond Bernal.
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