Life Ascending by Nick Lane wins Royal Society Prize for Science Books
(link via telegraph.co.uk)
Nick Lane was presented with a £10,000 prize at an award ceremony held at the Royal Society in central London.
The six books shortlisted were:
- We Need To Talk About Kelvin
by Marcus Chown (Faber and Faber)
Why Does E=mc2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (Da Capo Press, Perseus Books Group)
Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic by Frederick Grinnell (Oxford University Press)
God’s Philosophers: How the medieval world laid the foundations of modern science by James Hannam (Icon Books)
Life Ascending by Nick Lane (Profile Books)
A World Without Ice by Henry Pollack (Avery Books, Penguin Group)
The authors of each shortlisted book were awarded £1000.
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