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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A Library Journal Best Science & Technology Book of the YearWinner of the PROSE Award in Biological Sciences, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the R.R. Hawkins Award, Association of American Publishers
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearWinner of the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the PROSE Award in Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, and Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
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
Co-Winner of the AIP Science Communication Book Award, American Institute of PhysicsLonglisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science ¿ìɫֱ²¥
Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science ¿ìɫֱ²¥, Young Adult Science ¿ìɫֱ²¥
One of Inverse's Best Science ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of 2018
Winner of the 2017 British Psychological Society Book Awards, Best Academic MonographWinner of the 2017 British Psychological Society Book Awards, Best Academic Monograph
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Biological Science, Association of American Publishers
One of Forbes.com’s 10 Best Biology ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist
One of Forbes.com’s 10 Best Biology ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist
Selected for Askblog’s ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of the year 2017
Selected for Askblog’s ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of the year 2017
Honorable Mention for the 1997 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Geography and Earth Science, Association of American Publishers