Royal Society Winton Science Prize Shortlist
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge was founded in 1660 by King Charles II. It may be the oldest science society in existence. Each year the Royal Society presents awards that are considered the most prestigious prizes for science writing. The Winton Science Prize, awarded to adult books celebrates "accessible, interesting and compelling accounts of the world around us or inside us".
Finalists
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined by Steven Pinker
• Audiobook
• eBook
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
The Information: a History, a Theory and a Flood by James Gleick
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
Moonwalking with Einstein: the Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
My Beautiful Genome: Exposing our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time by Lone Frank
Viral Storm: the Dawn of a New Pandemic Age by Nathan Wolfe
The winner will be announced on November 26.
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