Call for entries
The call for entries for the 2021 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize is now open.
Winner 2020
Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships (Viking) by postdoctoral scientist and debut author Dr Camilla Pang is the 33rd winner of the Royal Society Science Book Prize, sponsored by Insight Investment.
Explore the shortlist.
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 Caroline Criado Perez for bringing together compelling data showing gender biases in our world.
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
| 25 March 2021 |
| Call for entries closes |
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June 2021 |
| Judging panel announced |
| September 2021 |
| Shortlist announced |
| October 2021 |
| Winner announced |