From GOVERT SCHILLING
Peter Spinks is right in stating that ‘neither of the Netherlands’ foremost
publishers produce science books in Dutch’ (Review, 1 February). However,
this doesn’t mean that Dutch science books don’t exist. It is just that
they are produced by smaller publishers. In fact, the Dutch government-funded
Foundation for Public Information on Science and Technology (PWT) received
nearly 100 entries for the last ‘Kijk/wetenschapsweekprijs’, a two-yearly
prize for the best original Dutch popular science book. The prize was won
by W. Roebroeks with his book Oermensen in Nederland about the archaeology
of the Stone Age in The Netherlands.
Govert Schilling Utrecht, The Netherlands
