The Book Prize Index

So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and Events

René Dubos

Discusses man's continuing trend toward dehumanization and the importance of environment in the development of human potential

Nature & EnvironmentNature & Environment · high confidenceNature & Environment81 signalsLlm Classifier: Nature & Environment -> Nature & EnvironmentGoogle Books: Nature -> Nature & EnvironmentKeyword Classifier: Nature & Environment -> Nature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionMajor1969Co-winnerSecondary source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1969FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    Human dehumanization is an ongoing trend, and environment plays a crucial role in shaping human potential.

    Model confidence 52%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 58%.