2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize

Celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe.

Updated October 2, 2024
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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 Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World
Chivers, Tom.
Paper Book
Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Like most research into probability at the time, his theorem was mainly seen as relevant to games of chance, like dice and cards. But its implications...
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...
A City on Mars
Weinersmith, Zach
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 ONE OF THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW SCIENTIST BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF THE YEAR A HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST RELATED WORK 2024 THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE #2 MOST...

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