2009 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
The contenders for the 2009 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books (General Prize) have now been announced and are listed below. I intend to write 200 word reviews for each of these with longer reviews for some, including all of those which appear on the shortlist.The Royal Society Prize for Science Books is an Annual prize awarded to the author of the best science book, as considered by a panel of five judges. This year's prize is supported by the Beecroft Trust (the Royal Society are currently looking for a new sponsor) Further information can be found on the Royal Society website.
| Title | Author | Publisher | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Science | Ben Goldacre | Fourth Estate | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| Decoding the heavens | Jo Marchant | Heinemann | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| The age of wonder | Richard Holmes | Harper Press | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| The drunkard's walk: How randomness rules our lives | Leonard Mlodinow | Allen Lane | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| What the nose knows: The science of scent in everyday life | Avery Gilbert | Crown Publishers | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| Your inner fish: The amazing discovery of our 375-million-year-old ancestor | Neil Shubin | Allen Lane | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| Title | Author | Publisher | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ice, mud and blood | Chris Turney | Palgrave Macmillan | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| Living with Enza | Mark Honigsbaum | Palgrave Macmillan | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| Microcosm: E. coli and the new science of life | Carl Zimmer | William Heinemann | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| Physics for future presidents | Richard A Muller | WW Norton | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| Quantum: Einstein. Bohr and the great debate about the nature of reality | Manjit Kumar | Icon Books | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| Strange fruit: Why both sides are wrong in the race debate | Kenan Malik | Oneworld Publications | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
| The universe in a mirror | Robert Zimmerman | Princeton University Press | Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca |
2008 prize contenders
2007 prize contenders
2006 prize contenders
2005 prize shortlist