The Aventis Prizes for Science Books
The Aventis Prizes for Science Books Royal Society , the UK national academy of science. The prizes were established in 1988 .
It is generally considered to be the most prestigious science writing award, and is sometimes referred to as the Booker Prize of science writing. It was formerly known as the Rhône-Poulenc Prizes .
2005 Prizes
The shortlist of nominees for the General Prize is:
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another , by Philip Ball
The Ancestor's Tale Richard Dawkins
Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older , by Douwe Draaisma
Matters Of Substance: Drugs - And Why Everyone's A User , by Griffith Edwards
The Earth: An Intimate History , by Richard Fortey
The Human Mind , by Robert Winston
The shortlist for the Junior Prize:
Kingfisher Knowledge: Endangered Planet , by David Burnie
Mysteries And Marvels Of Science , by Phillip Clarke, Laura Howell, and Sarah Khan
Leap Through Time: Earthquake , by Nicholas Harris
Night Sky Atlas , by Robin Scagell
Kingfisher Knowledge: Microscopic Life , by Richard Walker
What Makes Me, Me? , by Robert Winston
The winners will be announced 2005-05-12 .
General Prize
This category is awarded to the best science writing for a non-specialist audience.
2004 Winner
The winner was announced on June 14 2004 :
The other nominees for 2004 were:
In The Beginning Was the Worm , Andrew Brown
Magic Universe , Nigel Calder
Mutants , Armand Marie Leroi
Nature Via Nurture , Matt Ridley
Backroom Boys , Francis Spufford
2003 Winner
Right Hand, Left Hand , Chris McManus
Other nominees:
2002 Winner
Other nominees:
Aeons The Secret Life of Dust , Hannah Holmes
The Madness of Adam & Eve , David Horrobin
A Primate's Memoir , Robert M. Sapolsky
Rivals , Michael White
2001 Winner
2000 Winner
Other nominees:
The White Death , Thomas Dormandy
A Brief History of the Future , John Naughton
Genome Matt Ridley
Time, Love, Memory , Jonathan Weiner
Children of Prometheus , Christopher Wills
Pre-2000 Winners
(1999) The Man Who Loved Only Numbers , Paul Hoffman
(1998) Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond
(1997) The Wisdom of Bones , Alan Walker and Pat Shipman
(1996) Plague’s Progress , Arno Karlen
(1995) The Consumer’s Good Chemical Guide , John Emsley
(1994) The Language of the Genes Steve Jones
(1993) The Making of Memory , Steven Rose
(1992) The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee , Jared Diamond
(1991) Wonderful Life Stephen Jay Gould
(1990) The Emperor's New Mind Roger Penrose
(1989) Bones of Contention , Roger Lewin
(1988) Living with Risk , British Medical Association Board of Science
Junior Prize
This category is awarded to the best science writing for children.
2004 Winner
Really Rotten Experiments , Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles
Other nominees:
Peter Ackroyd
Really Rotten Experiments , Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles
Riotous Robots , Mike Goldsmith
2003 Winner
DK Guide to the Oceans , Frances Dipper
Other nominees:
Get in Gear , Sholly Fisch
Why Can’t I..? Series , Sally Hewitt
The Way Science Works , Robin Kerrod & Sharon Ann Holgate
2002 Winner
DK Guide to the Human Body , Richard Walker
Other nominees:
Life Finds its Feet , Jacqui Bailey
The Kingfisher Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia , David Burnie
2001 Winner
DK Guide to Weather , Michael Allaby
2000 Winner
DK Guide to Space , Peter Bond
Pre-2000 Winners
(1999) The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope , Kirsteen Rogers
(1998) The Kingfisher Book of Oceans , David Lambert
(1997) (1996) The World of Weather , Chris Maynard
(1995) The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book , Jay Young
(1994)
Science with Weather , Rebecca Heddle and Paul Shipton
The Ultimate Dinosaur Book , David Lambert
(1993) Mighty Microbes , Thompson Yardley
(1992) The Amazing Voyage of the Cucumber Sandwich , Peter Rowan
(1991) Cells Are Us and Cell Wars , Fran Balkwill and Mic Rolph
(1990)
(under-14) (under-8) The Giant Book of Space , Ian Ridpath
(1989) The Way Things Work David Macaulay and Neil Ardley
(1988) Science Alive – Living Things , Roger Kerrod
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