2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize Shortlist (UK)

Updated December 4, 2023
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BREATHLESS
QUAMMEN, DAVID
National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic--a "luminous, passionate account of the defining crisis of...
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the fight for women in science
Zernike, Kate.
IMMENSE WORLD
YONG, ED
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "thrilling" (The New York Times), "dazzling" (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize-winning science...
JELLYFISH AGE BACKWARDS
BRENDBORG, NICKLAS
This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" (Dr. Kris Verburgh​)scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortality-and the lessons they hold for us all.  Recent advances in medicine and technology have...

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