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11 Explorations into Life on Earth

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In drafting the recently published Newly Noted notice for Dr. Helen Scales’ “Eye of the Shoal,” I made a most delightful discovery indeed. It seems that toward the latter part of 2017, Michael O’Mara Books published the second volume in association with The Royal Institution about their world-renowned Christmas Lectures – a volume dedicated to “our own planet and the animals, plants, fish, insects and all the other living things that inhabit it – how they’ve evolved and the vital roles they play in the intricate webs of life on earth” written by none other than Dr. Scales herself.

Adventures in the Anthropocene Wins 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize

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Gaia Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene; a Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made (Milkweed Editions / Chatto & Windus) has been awarded the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books.

In their decision, the Winton Prize judges said, “Vince’s passion and strong voice grabs you instantly and the story she tells is truly original. A finely-crafted book on an important, urgent topic.”

The Serious Point Lost in the Mantel Kerfuffle

By now you’ve no doubt become aware of the teapot-filling tempest that was inspired by a few very well-spoken lines of Hilary Mantel’s brilliant lecture delivered as the first of the London Review of Books Winter Lecture series at the British Museum. However what is being obscured by all the dust kicked into the air […]

Royal Society 2012 Winton Prize Long List Announced

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The Royal Society has announced the long list of books under consideration for its 2012 Winton Prize. Named since 2011 for its present sponsor, Winton Capital Management, the prize honors the best in popular science writing originally published in English in the UK during 2011. The 2012 Long List includes twelve titles that, alas, cut […]

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