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 : can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?
Weinersmith, Kelly
Paper Book
* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Hugo Award * Scientific American's #1 Book for 2023 * Winner of Royal Society's Trivedi Prize * A Guardian Best Book of 2024 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Times Best Science and...
Eve (Adapted for Young Adults) : How the Female Body Shaped Human Evolution
Bohannon, Cat.
Paper Book
The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller is now adapted for young adults!  This is the 200-million-year story of how the female body gave rise to the human species and forever shaped life on Earth and what that means for us in the future. Why do women live longer...
Why We Die : The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
Paper Book
"Utterly fascinating." --Bill Bryson "An incredible journey." --Siddhartha Mukherjee *WINNER OF THE 2025 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON BIOLOGY* *2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER FOR SCIENCE AND COSMOLOGY* A groundbreaking...
The last of its kind : the search for the great auk and the discovery of extinction
Gísli Pálsson
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize How an iconic bird's final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote...

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