The Royal Society Science Book Prize 2023

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I enjoy reading about scientific developments and the history of science in an accessible way. The Royal Society Science Book Prize 2023 shortlist has some enticing picks! Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.
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2023 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize: royalsociety.org/grants-schem...
Winner announced: November 22
Books discussed & purchase links:
An Immense World by Ed Yong
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152...
Jellyfish Age Backwards by Nicklas Brendborg
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152...
Taking Flight by Lev Parikian
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978178...
The Exceptions by Kate Zernike
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978139...
Breathless by David Quammen
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978184...
Nuts & Bolts by Roma Agrawal
uk.bookshop.org/a/9054/978152...
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:52 The shortlist
1:03 Tour of The Royal Society and its library
4:25 An Immense World
6:04 Jellyfish Age Backwards
7:07 Taking Flight
7:56 The Exceptions
9:10 Breathless
10:02 Nuts & Bolts
11:24 Conclusion
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7 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 34

@soniaalmeidadias5794 9 месяцев назад

This was great, thank you for introducing me to this prize, and to some great books.

@laurakuhlmann1626 10 месяцев назад

Oh wow, I read 3 of them: taking flight, jellyfish, and the exceptions. Nancy Hopkins' story is by far my favorite and I hope it wins. Just excellent book, capturing the exhilaration of doing science and the obstacles and hard choices women (but not men) must do in this field. As a woman in science with a mother who made it all the way to faculty chair status, I connected with the book 100%. Sadly very accurate representation of our current science environment too

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

That’s good to know! Thank you.

@rosepetal34 10 месяцев назад

the jellyfish book is going straight on my tbr i'v been fascinated by them for years, it's great to see you covering more non fiction science and nature books I love reading them but I don't see many booktubers talking about them

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

Great! Hope you enjoy Brendborg's book. And thank you, that's nice to hear. 😊📚

@booksatthebottomofthestair8446 10 месяцев назад

I like that you cover the lesser known prizes.

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

😊📚

@andrewstorm8240 10 месяцев назад

Good shortlist and FT have also put a good short list out

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

👍📚

@ariannefowler455 10 месяцев назад

They all sound so interesting. I read An Immense World and enjoyed it. I could see all of these going on my TBR.

@jorgem71962 10 месяцев назад

"An Immense World" is a spectacular book. "Breathless" was very interesting and timely.

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

I'm glad you liked them!

@danhamilton7990 10 месяцев назад

Read An Immense World I year ago and loved it so much that I give it out as a gift to my friends. Just loved it!

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

That's good to hear! Thanks

@vale1554 10 месяцев назад

I would be interested in reading The Exceptions, I work in science and I think this topic is so relevant today. On that line, I really enjoyed Bitch by Lucy Cooke. A very informative and fascinating book on the female animal, evolution, and the sexist paradigms that have interfere on how we interpret the data we get from science. The way she narrates serious topics while also being funny its just great :)

@ginsoakedgirl4 10 месяцев назад

I read An Immense World and it's as close to a page-turner as scientific non-fiction gets! Super interesting & I blasted through it in about a week.

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

Great!

@SteveReadswithSeamus 10 месяцев назад

An Immense World has had such recognition and I have it but have yet to read it. Not sure what more I need to convince me! That is top of my list of these. Best to you Eric - Steve

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

There's always more books to get to! 📚😅 Thanks Steve.

@barthmerrill7947 10 месяцев назад

I highly enjoyed your reviews. I will put An Immense World and Jellyfish Age Backwards on my list….. and probably the rest as well. Thank you for reminding me of this award list. The first I heard of it was last year when you review that year’s entries and I read a few of them since.

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

Thanks and that’s great to hear! Hope you enjoy the ones you get time for. 😊📚

@jamesduggan7200 10 месяцев назад

Merci beaucoup, Eric. I try to integrate some non-fiction into my reading too (when I can), though typically it's Hstory or social science, like Philosophy. I guess you could say I am overdue for some pure science.

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

Good to keep it varied! 😊📚

@elizabethjonczyk6818 10 месяцев назад

If you can find a way to watch it, PBS did a Nova episode including Nancy Hopkins and her story in 2021. It is called "Picture a Scientist." It's very well done. Thanks also for covering this prize. I'm very happy that these books were brought to my attention. A science book I read recently which I would recommend is Pandemic by Sonia Shah. This book predates Covid by a few years. It is a fascinating look at how pandemics work, primarily through the lens of cholera.

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

That sounds great. .Thank you, I'll look out for that documentary. And Shah's book sounds really interesting.

@lilitbrambling 10 месяцев назад

Another great non fiction book prize, thanks for sharing! ❤

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

😊📚

@rebeccah.6587 10 месяцев назад

I will try to read An Immense World and Jellyfish Age Backwards. I'm glad to see that covering this prize is working out well for you. 🙂

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

Great, hope you enjoy them! 📚

@melissamybubbles6139 10 месяцев назад

Thanks. I should read some science. Three books in that list are interesting to me. Do you ever feel the pressure to be your own elder, to be wise beyond your years because you have no one in your life to be wise for you? Does that affect your reading?

@felixrenedo1228 10 месяцев назад

May I ask you about the photogtaphy is in the wall? Who is SHE? Is very beautiful

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

That's Elizabeth Taylor. She's a favourite of mine.

@ginsoakedgirl4 10 месяцев назад

@@EricKarlAnderson OMG thank you for displaying such a classic actor, I have friends in their 20s who do NOT have the same film references I do. I recently heard of Paul Newman referred to as the "salad dressing guy" and died a little 😱

@EricKarlAnderson 10 месяцев назад

@@ginsoakedgirl4 I would have died a little as well. Refer them to Cool Hand Luke and The Towering Inferno.