Something to Answer For Something to Answer For Something to Answer For is a 1968 novel by the English writer P. H. Newby. Its chief claim to fame is that in 1969 it won the inaugural Booker Prize, which would go on to become one of the major literary awards in the English-speaking world. It was reissued by Faber & Faber in 2008 in the "Faber Finds" line, in 2011 as paperback and in 2018. Townrow is a Fund Distributor stealing from the fund he is in charge of. He is contacted by the widow of an old friend, Elie Khoury. They had met
J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software The J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software is awarded every four years to honor outstanding contributions in the field of numerical software. The award is named to commemorate the outstanding contributions of James H. Wilkinson in the same field. The award, consisting of $US3000 and a trophy, is jointly presented every four years by the Argonne National Laboratory, the National Physical Laboratory and the Numerical Algorithms Group. The winner must be at most 40 years of age as of January 1 of the year of the award. The award is given on