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Well written, novel and scientifically interesting for physicists – these are the criteria we use to select our Book of the Year prize. To reveal the winner of the 2019 award and discuss the runners up, Physics World’s reviews and careers editor Tushna Commissariat joins regular host Andrew Glester for the December episode of the Physics World Stories podcast.
Since 2009, Physics World has named a shortlist of its 10 best books of the year, before selecting one for its award. In recent years, it has also become a tradition to dedicate the December episode of Physics World Stories to discussing our shortlist, before revealing the winner and hearing from the author of the victorious book. As Andrew Glester notes, the only problem with this tradition is that we inevitably end up adding more books to your ever-growing Christmas reading list!
In no particular order, here is the full shortlist for the 2019 Physics World book of the year:
The Moon: a History for the Future by Oliver Morton
The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald D Hoffman
Fire, Ice and Physics: the Science of Game of Thrones by Rebecca C Thompson
Underland: a Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information are Solving the Mystery of Life by Paul Davies
The Second Kind of Impossible: the Extraordinary Quest For A New Form of Matter by Paul J Steinhardt
Superior: the Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution: the Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum by Lee Smolin
The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets by Graham Farmelo
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System by Natalie Starkey
Those of you with insatiable reading appetites should also check out this recent episode of our weekly podcast, which celebrates a decade of our book of the year award. Tushna Commissariat is joined by Physics World‘s previous reviews and careers editor Margaret Harris and the magazine’s editor-in-chief Matin Durrani. The trio discuss some of their favourite books from the 100 that made it to our shortlists this past decade, as well as chat about some pet peeves and personal favourites of science writing.
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Well written, novel and scientifically interesting for physicists – these are the criteria we use to select our Book of the Year prize. To reveal the winner of the 2019 award and discuss the runners up, Physics World’s reviews and careers editor Tushna Commissariat joins regular host Andrew Glester for the December episode of the Physics World Stories podcast.
Since 2009, Physics World has named a shortlist of its 10 best books of the year, before selecting one for its award. In recent years, it has also become a tradition to dedicate the December episode of Physics World Stories to discussing our shortlist, before revealing the winner and hearing from the author of the victorious book. As Andrew Glester notes, the only problem with this tradition is that we inevitably end up adding more books to your ever-growing Christmas reading list!
In no particular order, here is the full shortlist for the 2019 Physics World book of the year:
The Moon: a History for the Future by Oliver Morton
The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald D Hoffman
Fire, Ice and Physics: the Science of Game of Thrones by Rebecca C Thompson
Underland: a Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information are Solving the Mystery of Life by Paul Davies
The Second Kind of Impossible: the Extraordinary Quest For A New Form of Matter by Paul J Steinhardt
Superior: the Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution: the Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum by Lee Smolin
The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets by Graham Farmelo
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System by Natalie Starkey
Those of you with insatiable reading appetites should also check out this recent episode of our weekly podcast, which celebrates a decade of our book of the year award. Tushna Commissariat is joined by Physics World‘s previous reviews and careers editor Margaret Harris and the magazine’s editor-in-chief Matin Durrani. The trio discuss some of their favourite books from the 100 that made it to our shortlists this past decade, as well as chat about some pet peeves and personal favourites of science writing.
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