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Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by Insight Investment
Winner 2021
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures (Bodley Head) by biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake is the 34th winner of the annual Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by Insight Investment.
Watch the ceremony or find out more.
Shortlist 2021
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
| 28 January 2022 |
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| Call for entries opens |
| 24 March 2022 |
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| Call for entries closes |
| July 2022 |
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| Judging panel announced |
| September 2022 |
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| Shortlist announced |
| November 2022 |
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| Winner announced |
