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title: "John Desmond Bernal Prize"
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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). The award was launched in 1981, with the support of Eugene Garfield.
The award is named after the scientist John Desmond Bernal.


== Award recipients ==
Source: Society for Social Studies of Science Archived 2017-08-06 at the Wayback Machine


== See also ==
List of social sciences awards


== References ==


== External links ==
Society for Social Studies of Science