Books & authors

Shortlist

2009

Bad Science

Ben Goldacre

Shortlist

2009

Quantum Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

Manjit Kumar

Longlist

2009

Science A Four Thousand Year History

Patricia Fara

Longlist

2008

Mad, Bad and Sad A History of Women and the Mind Doctors

Lisa Appignanesi

Longlist

2008

Finding Moonshine A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry

Marcus Du Sautoy

Longlist

2007

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

Longlist

2007

Brainwash The Secret History of Mind Control

Dominic Streatfeild

Longlist

2005

Parallel Worlds

Michio Kaku

Longlist

2005

Mutants On the Form, Variety and Errors of the Human

Armand Leroi

Shortlist

2004

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

Longlist

2004

High Tide News from a Warming World

Mark Lynas

Longlist

2004

Our Final Century A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in this Century - on Earth and Beyond

Martin Rees