SF Signal: Nominees for Aventis Prize

Nominees for Aventis Prize

Nominees for the Aventis Prize, celebrating popular science books for adults, were announced.

Electric Universe – How Electricity Switched on the Modern World by David Bodanis

Collapse – How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond

The Elements of Murder – A History of Poison by John Emsley

The Gecko's Foot – Bio-inspiration – Engineering New Materials from Nature by Peter Forbes

The Silicon Eye – How a Silicon Valley Company Aims to Make All Current Computers, Cameras, and Cell Phones Obsolete by George Gilder

Parallel Worlds – The Science of Alternative Universes and our Future in the Cosmos by Michio Kaku

Power, Sex, Suicide – Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life by Nick Lane

Venomous Earth – How Arsenic Caused the World’s Worst Mass Poisoning by Andrew Meharg

Empire of the Stars – Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes by Arthur I. Miller

Seven Deadly Colours – The Genius of Nature’s Palette and how it Eluded Darwin by Andrew Parker

The Truth About Hormones – What’s Going on when we’re Tetchy, Spotty, Fearful, Tearful or Just Plain Awful by Vivienne Parry

Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis – The Quest to Find the Hidden Law of Prime Numbers by Dan Rockmore

The Fruits of War – How War and Conflict have Driven Science by Michael White

Shouldn't that be "Parallel Worlds � The Science of Alternative Universes and our Future in the Cosmos by SF Signal's Resident Guest Physicist Michio Kaku"?

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Thursday March 09, 2006 at 6:14 PM

And speaking of books by SF Signal's Resident Guest Physicist Michio Kaku, I picked up "Parallel Worlds" today in trade paperback. Kicking it near the top of the reading list!

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Tuesday March 14, 2006 at 9:23 PM