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Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by Insight Investment
Winner 2022
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters (Pan Macmillan) by Nature editor and writer Henry Gee is the 35th winner of the annual Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by Insight Investment.
The judging panel for this year's prize is chaired by neuroscientist, Professor Maria Fitzgerald FRS. She is joined on the panel by representatives from across the worlds of science and culture: television presenter and author Kate Humble; novelist Mike Gayle; writer, broadcaster and technology consultant Rory Cellan-Jones; and experimental physicist and Royal Society University Research Fellow, Josh McFayden.
The 2022 winner was announced in an online event on Tuesday 29 November.
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Shortlist 2022
About the prize
Since 1988, the Royal Society has celebrated outstanding popular science writing and authors. Over the decades, the Prize has celebrated some notable winners including Bill Bryson and Stephen Hawking, and most recently Merlin Sheldrake and Dr Camilla Pang in 2021 and 2020 respectively.
Each year our panel of expert judges, comprising eminent scientists, authors, journalists and broadcasters, choose the book that they believe makes popular science writing compelling and accessible to the public.
Find out more about the prize. For all enquiries please contact sciencebooks@royalsociety.org.
Timeline
| 9 February 2023 |
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| Call for entries opens |
| 24 March 2023 |
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| Call for entries closes |
| July 2023 |
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| Judging panel announced |
| September 2023 |
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| Shortlist announced |
| November 2023 |
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| Winner announced |
