Royal Society Prizes for Science Books

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

The Royal Society Prizes for Science Books are annual book prizes, which celebrate the best in popular science writing.

The Prizes was originally established as the "Science Books Prize" in 1988 with the aim of encouraging the writing, publishing and reading of good and accessible popular science books. From 1990-2000 they were known as the "Rhône-Poulenc Prize for Science Books"; from 2001-2006 as the "Aventis Prize for Science Books"; from 2007-2010 as the "Royal Society Prize for Science Books"; and and as the "Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books" 2011 to 2015.They are now called:

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