J.S.Haldane book wins top Medical Award - hooray!

I cut short my idyll in the French Pyrenees to fly back for the BMA (British Medical Association) 2008 Medical Book Awards evening. It was a splendid bash at the BMA headquarters in Tavistock Square. 640 books were submitted to the competition this year.
And - quite thrillingly - my biography of J.S.Haldane, Suffer & Survive, was awarded FIRST PRIZE, BASIS OF MEDICINE.
Richard Dawkins was handing out the splendidly large certificates. I skipped up to the stage with childlike glee.
Winning is a grand novelty in itself. I especially appreciate the source of this award. I was venturing deep into the territory of these worthy doctors, writing about one of their own, so it is very satisfying to have the profession adopt the book so handsomely and wholeheartedly.

By the way, to mark the Centenary of Modern Diving (Haldane's dive tables first introduced in 1908) we're holding a grand weekend's celebration down at the University of Plymouth, Super Saturation. I'll be giving a talk on Haldane and there's so much more ... great speakers, events, photo shows, concerts, silent movies with live music, film treasures, October 31st - Nov 2nd 2008. Come and join us!