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Royal Society Science Book Prize Winners
“The Booker Prize of science writing”
One of the world’s most prestigious science book prizes, awarded by the Royal Society to excellent and accessible works of science nonfiction written for a non-specialist audience — spanning all fields of science or technology.
(winners listed oldest to newest, from 2009)
The Evolution of Life on Earth
These are books on the evolution of life on Earth that examine the history of life on our home planet in all its wonderful diversity. Recommendations welcome! 🌱
This list doesn't include books about the evolution of humans specifically. You can find a selection of books on that topic in 🔗this list
way way way way way back
natural history nonfiction about Earth's younger epochs
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