Royal Society Trivedi Science Book PrizeLonglist

Given by The Royal Society

Other Names: Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books (Russian)
65 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 (65)
Years:
All, 2014 (6), 2013 (6), 2012 (6), 2011 (7), 2010 (5), 2009 (7), 2008 (6), 2006 (7), 2005 (7), 2004 (8)

Longlist 65

WorkCategoryYear
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard CarlsonGeneral2014
What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff by Marcus ChownGeneral2014
Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe by Brian CleggGeneral2014
The Compatibility Gene: How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves by Daniel M. DavisGeneral2014
My Brief History by Stephen HawkingGeneral2014
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live by Marlene ZukGeneral2014
The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body by Frances AshcroftGeneral2013
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet by Robert M. HazenGeneral2013
Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos by Peter M. HoffmannGeneral2013
Air: The Restless Shaper of the World by William Bryant LoganGeneral2013
The Cosmic Tourist: Visit the 100 Most Awe-Inspiring Destinations in the Universe! by Brian MayGeneral2013
The Life of a Leaf by Steven VogelGeneral2013
The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir by Sarah MangusoGeneral2012
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality by Richard PanekGeneral2012
The Address Book: Our Place in the Scheme of Things by Tim RadfordGeneral2012
Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation by George G. SzpiroGeneral2012
Race?: Debunking a Scientific Myth by Ian TattersallGeneral2012
The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life by Robert TriversGeneral2012
Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating by Leslie BrunettaGeneral2011
Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet by Tim FlanneryGeneral2011
The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness by Oren HarmanGeneral2011
What Technology Wants by Kevin KellyGeneral2011
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt RidleyGeneral2011
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary RoachGeneral2011
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years by Sonia ShahGeneral2011
Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. CoyneGeneral2010
In Search of the Multiverse by John GribbinGeneral2010
Storms of my grandchildren by James HansenGeneral2010
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchristGeneral2010
Complexity : A Guided Tour by Melanie MitchellGeneral2010
Living with Enza: The Forgotten Story of Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918 by Mark HonigsbaumGeneral2009
Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality by Manjit KumarGeneral2009
Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate by Kenan MalikGeneral2009
Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. MullerGeneral2009
Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past by Chris TurneyGeneral2009
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life by Carl ZimmerGeneral2009
The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It by Robert ZimmermanGeneral2009
The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life? by Paul DaviesGeneral2008
A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis by David M. FriedmanGeneral2008
Bang!: The Complete History of the Universe by Brian MayGeneral2008
The Science of Doctor Who by Paul ParsonsGeneral2008
Giant Leaps: Mankind's greatest scientific advances by John PerryGeneral2008
Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt RidleyGeneral2008
The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison by John EmsleyGeneral2006
The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature by Peter ForbesGeneral2006
The Silicon Eye: How a Silicon Valley Company Aims to Make All Current Computers, Cameras, and Cell Phones Obsolete (Ent by George GilderGeneral2006
Venomous Earth: How Arsenic Caused The World's Worst Mass Poisoning by Andrew MehargGeneral2006
Seven Deadly Colours by Andrew ParkerGeneral2006
Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis: The Quest to Find the Hidden Law of Prime Numbers by Dan RockmoreGeneral2006
The Fruits of War by Michael WhiteGeneral2006
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization by Brian FaganGeneral2005
Pandora's Breeches: Women, Science & Power in the Enlightenment by Patricia FaraGeneral2005
Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life by John GribbinGeneral2005
Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug by Diarmuid JeffreysGeneral2005
The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity by Michael MarmotGeneral2005
Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and Its Discontents by Raymond TallisGeneral2005
Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control by Kathleen TaylorGeneral2005
Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science by Peter AtkinsGeneral2004
The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism by Simon Baron-CohenGeneral2004
A Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable by Brian CleggGeneral2004
Freedom Evolves by Daniel C. DennettGeneral2004
Sex, Botany and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks by Patricia FaraGeneral2004
After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC by Steven MithenGeneral2004
How to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True by Sue NelsonGeneral2004
Adam's Curse: A Future without Men by Bryan SykesGeneral2004

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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