PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

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The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of mostra'n més $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.

Official award page

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalists

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Longlists mostra'n menys
Stages:
Tots, Winner (14), Shortlist (22), Longlist (19)
Categories:
Tots, Runner-up (3), No Category (52)
Years:
Tots, 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (10), 2016 (10), 2015 (9), 2014 (10), 2013 (6), 2012 (3), 2011 (3)

Winner 14

ObraCategoriaAny
Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey de Florence Williams2023
Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship de Catherine Raven2022
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter de Ben Goldfarb2019
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine de Lindsey Fitzharris2018
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets de Luke Dittrich2017
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future de Lauren Redniss2016
War of the Whales: A True Story de Joshua Horwitz2015
High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society de Carl Hart2014
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature de David George HaskellRunner-up2013
Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior de Leonard Mlodinow2013
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them de Donovan HohnRunner-up2012
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood de James Gleick2012
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology de David AbramRunner-up2011
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer de Siddhartha Mukherjee2011

Shortlist 22

ObraAny
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History de Dan Flores2017
How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight de Julian Guthrie2017
Lab Girl de Hope Jahren2017
The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish de Emily Voigt2017
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History de Cynthia Barnett2016
The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star de Tom Clynes2016
The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World de Joel K. Bourne Jr2016
Island on Fire: the Extraordinary Story of Laki, the Forgotten Volcano that Turned Eighteenth-Century Europe Dark de Alexandra Witze2016
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World de Steven Johnson2015
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History de Elizabeth Kolbert2015
The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era de Craig Nelson2015
Proof: The Science of Booze de Adam Rogers2015
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light de Paul Bogard2014
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital de Sheri Fink2014
Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking de Douglas Hofstadter2014
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America de Jon Mooallem2014
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature de David George Haskell2013
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code de Sam Kean2013
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic de David Quammen2013
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus de Bill Wasik2013
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them de Donovan Hohn2012
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology de David Abram2011

Longlist 19

ObraAny
The Genius of Birds de Jennifer Ackerman2017
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins de Jonathan Balcombe2017
The Gene: An Intimate History de Siddhartha Mukherjee2017
Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight over Controlling Nature de Jordan Fisher Smith2017
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars de Dava Sobel2017
The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self de Anil Ananthaswamy2016
Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled On by Hawking Became Loved de Marcia Bartusiak2016
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults de Frances E. Jensen2016
Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry de Jeffrey A. Lieberman2016
Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time--and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything de George Musser2016
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery de Sam Kean2015
Small: Life and Death on the Front Lines of Pediatric Surgery de Catherine Musemeche MD2015
The Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities de Caleb Scharf2015
Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle de Andreas Wagner2015
Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts de Emily Anthes2014
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal de Mary Roach2014
Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own de David Toomey2014
What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World de Cat Warren2014
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live de Marlene Zuk2014

Descripcions

The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.

Official award page

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalists

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Longlists (English, Escrit per membres)
The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.

Official award page

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award winners

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalists (English, Escrit per membres)
The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.

Official award page

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award winners

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Longlist (English, Escrit per membres)

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