Royal Society Prizes for Science Books

The Royal Society Science Books Prize is an annual £25,000 prize awarded by the Royal Society to celebrate outstanding popular science books from around the world.^[1] It is open to authors of science books written for a non-specialist audience, and since it was established in 1988 has championed writers such as Stephen Hawking, Jared Diamond, Stephen Jay Gould and Bill Bryson. In 2015 The Guardian described the prize as "the most prestigious science book prize in Britain".^[2]

^ The Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, Royal Society
^ Sample, Ian (24 September 2015). "Top science book prize won by woman for first time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[royalsociety.bookprize-1] The Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, Royal Society

[:0-2] Sample, Ian (24 September 2015). "Top science book prize won by woman for first time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

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