Awards & Recognition
¿ìɫֱ²¥ books have won numerous awards, including seven Pulitzer Prizes, five Bancroft Prizes, three National Book Awards, and hundreds of major awards from academic organizations. Dozens of Press authors have been awarded the most prestigious academic prizes in the world, including the Nobel Prize in economics, physics, chemistry, medicine, and literature, the Fields Medal, the Holberg Prize, and the Cundill Prize. Every year, ¿ìɫֱ²¥ books are named among the year’s best reads by publications around the world.
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One of New Scientist's best science books to read in 2021A New Scientist Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, PEN AmericaOne of Waterstones' ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of the Year 2020: Popular Science
A New Scientist "Don't Miss" Book
Longlisted for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science ¿ìɫֱ²¥ for Young Adults
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biological Anthropology, Ancient History, and Archaeology, Association of American Publishers