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FOR SCIENCE BOOKS 1988-2002 |
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FOR SCIENCE BOOKS 1988-2002 |
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This Aventis Prize, previously known as the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, is awarded annualy by the Science Museum and COPUS, and sponsored by the international life sciences and specialty chemical company, Rhone-Poulenc. Prizes are awarded to popular science and technology books in two categories: a General Prize for the best book written for the general reader; and a Junior Prize for the best book written for under-14s. Winners for the General Prize are as follows.
| 2002 | Stephen Hawking | The Universe in a Nutshell |
| 2001 | Robert Kunzig | Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary World of Ocean Science |
| 2000 | Christopher Wills | Children of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace of Human Evolution |
| 1999 | Paul Hoffman | The Man Who Loved Only Numbers |
| 1998 | Jared Diamond | Guns, Germs and Steel |
| 1997 | Alan Walker & Pat Shipman | The Wisdom of Bones |
| 1996 | Arno Karlen | Plague's Progress |
| 1995 | John Emsley | The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide |
| 1994 | Steve Jones | The Language of the Genes |
| 1993 | Steven Rose | The Making of Memory |
| 1992 | Jared Diamond | The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee |
| 1991 | Stephen Jay Gould | Wonderful Life |
| 1990 | Roger Penrose | The Emperor's New Mind |
| 1989 | Roger Lewin | Bones of Contention |
| 1988 | British Medical Association Board of Science | Living with Risk |
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