Royal Society Trivedi Science Book PrizeWinner

Given by The Royal Society

Other Names: Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books (Russian)
66 Works 0 Books
The Royal Society gives an annual award for new popular science writing for a general adult readership. The Prize is open to science books written for a non-specialist audience. The winner show more receives £25,000 and the authors of the short listed books £2,500.

The awards have changed names many times:
1988 - 89: Science Book Prizes
1990 - 00: Rhône-Poulenc Prizes for Science Books
2001 - 06: Aventis Prizes for Science Books
2007 - 2010 : Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
2011- 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books (General prize)
2016 - : Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize

More details of the Prizes are avaialble at Royal Society Book Prizes show less
Stages:
All, Winner (66), Shortlist (312), Longlist (65)
Categories:
All, General (36), Junior (30)
Years:
All, 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (2), 2015 (2), 2014 (2), 2013 (2), 2012 (2), 2011 (2), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (2), 2007 (2), 2006 (2), 2005 (2), 2004 (2), 2003 (2), 2002 (2), 2001 (2), 2000 (2), 1999 (2), 1998 (2), 1997 (2), 1996 (1), 1995 (2), 1994 (3), 1993 (1), 1992 (3), 1991 (3), 1990 (5), 1989 (2), 1988 (1)

Winner 66

WorkCategoryYear
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed YongGeneral2023
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters by Henry GeeGeneral2022
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin SheldrakeGeneral2021
Explaining Humans by Camilla PangGeneral2020
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado PerezGeneral2019
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain by Sarah-Jayne BlakemoreGeneral2018
Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society by Cordelia FineGeneral2017
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science by Andrea WulfGeneral2016
How Machines Work: Zoo Break! by David MacaulayJunior2016
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made by Gaia VinceGeneral2015
Utterly Amazing Science by Robert WinstonJunior2015
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark MiodownikGeneral2014
Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing by Clive GiffordJunior2014
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World by Sean M. CarrollGeneral2013
Look Inside Space (Look Inside (Usborne)) by Rob Lloyd JonesJunior2013
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James GleickGeneral2012
Science experiments by Ian GrahamJunior2012
The Wave Watcher's Companion: From Ocean Waves to Light Waves Via Shock Waves, Stadium Waves, and all the Rest of Life's Undulations by Gavin Pretor-PinneyGeneral2011
How the World Works: A Hands-On Guide to Our Amazing Planet by Christiane DorionJunior2011
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick LaneGeneral2010
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard HolmesGeneral2009
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark LynasGeneral2008
The Usborne Big Book of Science Things to Make and Do by Rebecca GilpinJunior2008
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel GilbertGeneral2007
Can You Feel the Force? (Big Questions) by Richard HammondJunior2007
Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity by David BodanisGeneral2006
The Global Garden by Kate PettyJunior2006
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another by Philip BallGeneral2005
What Makes Me, Me? (Big Questions) by Robert WinstonJunior2005
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGeneral2004
Really Rotten Experiments (Horrible Science) by Nick ArnoldJunior2004
Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures by Chris McManusGeneral2003
Ocean (DK Guides) by Frances DipperJunior2003
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen HawkingGeneral2002
Human Body (Eyewitness Books) by Steve ParkerJunior2002
Mapping The Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science by Robert KunzigGeneral2001
DK Guide to Weather by Michael AllabyJunior2001
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian GreeneGeneral2000
DK Guide to Space by Peter BondJunior2000
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul HoffmanGeneral1999
The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope by Kirsteen RogersJunior1999
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared DiamondGeneral1998
The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Oceans by David LambertJunior1998
The Wisdom of the Bones: In Search of Human Origins by Alan WalkerGeneral1997
Blood, Bones and Body Bits by Nick ArnoldJunior1997
Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times by Arno KarlenGeneral1996
The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide: A Jargon-free Guide to the Chemicals of Everyday Life by John EmsleyGeneral1995
The Most Amazing Pop-up Science Book by Jay YoungJunior1995
The Language of the Genes by Steve JonesGeneral1994
Evolution (Eyewitness Books) by Linda GamlinJunior1994
Science With Weather (Usborne Science Activities) by Rebecca HeddleJunior1994
The Making of Memory: From Molecules to Mind by Steven RoseGeneral1993
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared M. DiamondGeneral1992
How Nature Works (How It Works) by David BurnieJunior1992
The Amazing Voyage of the Cucumber Sandwich by Peter RowanJunior1992
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay GouldGeneral1991
Cell Wars (Cells and Things) by Frances R. BalkwillJunior1991
Cells Are Us (Cells and Things) by Frances R. BalkwillJunior1991
The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics by Roger PenroseGeneral1990
What Makes a Flower Grow? by Susan MayesJunior1990
What Makes It Rain? (Usborne Starting Point Science) by Susan MayesJunior1990
What's Under the Ground? by Susan MayesJunior1990
Where Does Electricity Come From? by Susan MayesJunior1990
Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins by Roger LewinGeneral1989
The Way Things Work by David MacaulayJunior1989
Living with Risk: The British Medical Assocation Guide (Wiley Medical Publications) by British Medical AssociationGeneral1988

Descriptions

The Royal Society gives an annual award for new popular science writing for a general adult readership. The Prize is open to science books written for a non-specialist audience. The winner receives £25,000 and the authors of the short listed books £2,500.

The awards have changed names many times:
1988 - 89: Science Book Prizes
1990 - 00: Rhône-Poulenc Prizes for Science Books
2001 - 06: Aventis Prizes for Science Books
2007 - 2010 : Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
2011- 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books (General prize)
2016 - : Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize

More details of the Prizes are avaialble at Royal Society Book Prizes (English, Member-written)
The Royal Society gives out awards for popular science writing. Typically they give two awards per year - a junior and a general. There is no 2009 junior award because of budgetary reasons.

The awards have changed names many times:
1988 - 89: Science Book Prizes
1990 - 00: Rhône-Poulenc Prizes for Science Books
2001 - 06: Aventis Prizes for Science Books
2007 - : Royal Society Prizes for Science Books.

See also http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Royal+Society+Winton+Prize+for+Science+Books+shortlist for 2012-2016, although the sponsorship had changed again in 2016. (English, Member-written)
See also the longlist and the winners.

See also http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Royal+Society+Prize+for+Science+Books+Shortlist for 1988-2011. (English, Member-written)
The Royal Society gives an annual prize for new popular science writing for a general adult readership. The prize is open to science books written for a non-specialist audience. The winner receives £25,000 and the authors of the short listed books £2,500.

The name of the prize has changed over the years:
1988-1989: Science Book Prize
1990-2000: Rhône-Poulenc Prize for Science Books
2001-2006: Aventis Prize for Science Books
2007-2010: Royal Society Prize for Science Books
2011-date: Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books

More details of the prize are available at Royal Society Winton Prize for Science books.

See also the longlist and the shortlist. (English, Member-written)
See also the shortlist and the winners. (English, Member-written)
see also Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books (Italian, Member-written)

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