2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize

Celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe.

Updated November 28, 2024
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A City on Mars
Weinersmith, Zach
Paper Book
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of...
Eve: ; How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Bohannon, Cat.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FOYLE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 LONGLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH and PROSPECTBEST BOOK OF 2023 How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex?...
Everything is predictable : how Bayesian statistics explain our world
Chivers, Tom (Science writer)
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman 'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr 'Witty, lively and best of all, extremely nerdy. I learned...
Your Face Belongs to Us : The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy
Hill, Kashmir
Paper Book
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024* *LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023* 'A parable for our times' FINANCIAL TIMES, Best Books of 2023 'Gripping' THE TIMES...
Why we die
Ramakrishnan, Venki
Paper Book
A groundbreaking exploration of the science of longevity from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan'Enthralling and packed with insights.' - BILL BRYSON'A must-read.' - STEPHEN FRY...

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