Congratulations are in order to the writers who are now finalists for the Royal Society Science Book Prize:
What the nose knows: The science of scent in everyday life by Avery Gilbert
Bad science by Ben Goldacre
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science by Richard Holmes
Decoding the heavens: Solving the mystery of the world’s first computer by Jo Marchant
The drunkard’s walk: How randomness rules our lives by Leonard Mlodinow
Your inner fish: The amazing discovery of our 375-million-year-old ancestor by Neil Shubin
Also, as I mentioned earlier, Three Quarks Daily has established a prize for the best science blog post, judged by linguist Steven Pinker. Congratulations to the winners, including Discover’s own Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait.
Originally published June 25, 2009. Copyright 2009 Carl Zimmer.