All Awards/Royal Society Science Book Prize

Award

Royal Society Science Book Prize

9 years tracked (1989–2015), 12 entries total.

This prestigious UK award celebrates outstanding popular science writing, aiming to make scientific concepts accessible and engaging for a general audience.

2015 2014 2009 2007 2006 2002 1999 1997 1989

2015

Smashing Physics

Jon Butterworth · Literary Prize

Nominee

2014

My Brief History

Stephen Hawking · Longlist

Nominee

2009

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

Richard Holmes · Literary Prize

Winner

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre · Literary Prize

Nominee

2007

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert · Literary Prize

Winner

2006

Electric Universe

David Bodanis · General Prize

Winner

2002

The Universe in a Nutshell

Stephen Hawking · General Prize

Winner

1999

A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar · General Prize

Nominee

1997

Blood, Bones and Body Bits

Nick Arnold · Junior Prize

Winner

Climbing Mount Improbable

Richard Dawkins · Literary Prize

Nominee

1989

The Way Things Work

David Macaulay · Junior Prize

Winner

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking · General Prize

Nominee