John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), a global knowledge-based services provider, is honored to be the recipient of nine PROSE Awards for 2015. The PROSE Awards recognize excellence in professional and scholarly publishing by highlighting distinguished books, journals and electronic content.
This year, Wiley titles won in six categories and were awarded honorable mentions in three categories: biological & life sciences, computing & information science, environmental science, best new humanities and social sciences journal, multivolume/science, popular science & popular mechanics, single volume/humanities & social sciences, textbook/physical sciences & mathematics, and theology & religious studies.
Each year the Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers organizes the PROSE Awards, which are awarded in more than 40 categories and are judged by peer publishers, librarians, and medical professional. Winners of the 2015 PROSE Awards were recently announced at a luncheon in Washington, D.C.:
Biological & Life Sciences
Ultrastructure Atlas of Human Tissues
By Fred E. Hossler
Computing & Information Science (honorable mention)
Software War Stories: Case Studies in Software Management
By Donald J. Reifer
Environmental Science
Bioprocessing of Renewable Resources to Commodity Bioproducts
Edited by Virendra S. Bisaria and Akihiko Kondo
Journal/Best New Humanities & Social Sciences
Thought: A Journal of Philosophy
Editors Crispin Wright, John Divers and Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins
Multivolume/Science
The Handbook of Liquid Crystals
Edited by J.W. Goodby, P.J. Collings, T.Kato, C. Tschierski, H.F. Gleeson and P. Raynes
Popular Science & Popular Mathematics
The Perfect Meal: The Multisensory Science of Food and Dining
By Charles Spence and Betina Piqueras-Fiszman
Single Volume/Humanities & Social Sciences (honorable mention)
A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean
Edited by Jeremy McInerney
Textbook/Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Arrow Pushing in Inorganic Chemistry: A Logical Approach to the Chemistry of the Main Group Elements
By Abhik Ghosh and Steffen Berg
Theology & Religious Studies (honorable mention)
By Alister E. McGrath
