Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science

Given by Phi Beta Kappa Society

85 oeuvres 67,076 Livres 1,133 critiques 4.0
The Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science is given by the Phi Beta Kappa Society for outstanding contributions by scientists to the literature of science. The intent of the award is to encourage literate afficher plus and scholarly interpretations of the physical and biological sciences and mathematics. Monographs and compendiums are not eligible. afficher moins
Stages:
Tous, Winner (65), Shortlist (22)
Années:
Tous, 2023 (5), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1), 1966 (1), 1965 (1), 1964 (1), 1963 (1), 1962 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (1), 1959 (1)

Winner 65

ŒuvreAnnée
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas par Jennifer Raff2023
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred par Chanda Prescod-Weinstein2022
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World par Sarah Stewart Johnson2021
Archaeology from Space : How the Future Shapes our Past par Sarah Parcak2020
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth par Adam Frank2019
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst par Robert M. Sapolsky2018
The Gene: An Intimate History par Siddhartha Mukherjee2017
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History par Thor Hanson2016
Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle par Douglas J. Emlen2015
Einstein and the Quantum: The Quest of the Valiant Swabian par A. Douglas Stone2014
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't par Nate Silver2013
The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change par Philip Conkling2012
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century par Burton Richter2011
Complexity : A Guided Tour par Melanie Mitchell2010
The Art and Politics of Science par Harold Varmus2009
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body par Neil Shubin2008
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution par Sean B. Carroll2007
Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate par William F. Ruddiman2006
The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans par Christopher Beard2005
Isaac Newton par James Gleick2004
Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth par Andrew H. Knoll2003
A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change par William H. Calvin2002
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future par Richard B. Alley2001
Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils par J. William Schopf2000
L'univers élégant par Brian Greene1999
Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight par Pat Shipman1998
De l'inégalité parmi les sociétés par Jared Diamond1997
Where Does The Weirdness Go?: Why Quantum Mechanics Is Strange, But Not As Strange As You Think par David Lindley1996
Voyage chez les fourmis par Bert Hölldobler1995
Trous noirs et distorsions du temps par Kip S. Thorne1994
Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos par Garrett Hardin1993
Darwin et la pensée moderne de l'évolution par Ernst Mayr1992
Envisioning Information par Edward R. Tufte1991
La vie est belle : Les surprises de l'évolution par Stephen Jay Gould1990
The How and the Why: An Essay on the Origins and Development of Physical Theory par David Park1989
Infinite in All Directions par Freeman J. Dyson1988
Chemicals and Society: A Guide to the New Chemical Age par Hugh D. Crone1987
The Mystery of Comets par Fred Lawrence Whipple1986
The scientific reinterpretation of form par Norma E. Emerton1985
Frozen Star: Of Pulsars, Black Holes and the Fate of Stars par George Greenstein1984
Quand les poules auront des dents-- par Stephen Jay Gould1983
Emerging Cosmology par Bernard Lovell1982
Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and Life par Eric Chaisson1981
The Image of Eternity: Roots of Time in the Physical World par David Allen Park1980
Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery par John Imbrie1979
Mechanics of the Mind (BBC Reith Lectures; 1976) par Colin Blakemore1978
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space par Gerard K. O'Neill1977
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay par William W. Warner1976
The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World par Guido Majno1975
Darwin on Man: A Psychological Study of Scientific Creativity par Howard E. Gruber1974
The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann par Herman H. Goldstine1973
Encerclement (l') par Barry Commoner1972
Vitamin C and the Common Cold par Linus Pauling1971
Life and Death of the Salt Marsh par John Teal1970
Antibodies and Immunity (Pelican S.) par G. J. V. Nossal1969
Great waters; a voyage of natural history to study whales, plankton, and the waters of the Southern Ocean par Sir. Alister Clavering Hardy1968
Modern Genetics par Haig P. Papazian1967
L'homme et l'adaptation au milieu par Rene Dubos1966
Bird migration par Donald R. Griffin1965
The origin of adaptations par Verne Grant1964
The unseen world par René J. Dubos1963
The World of Ice. par James Lindsay Dyson1962
Communication among social bees par Martin Lindauer1961
The Forest and the Sea par Marston Bates1960
Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It par Loren Eiseley1959

Shortlist 22

ŒuvreAnnée
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions par Temple Grandin2023
A Voice in the Wilderness: A Pioneering Biologist Explains How Evolution Can Help Us Solve Our Biggest Problems par Professor Joseph L Graves Jr. Ph.D2023
A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease par Shilpa Ravella2023
Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow par Nicole Yunger Halpern2023
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred par Chanda Prescod-Weinstein2022
Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else par Jordan Ellenberg2022
The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us par Meg Lowman2022
You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation par Paul A. Offit (Author)2022
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality par Frank Wilczek2022
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World par Sarah Stewart Johnson2021
x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender par Eugenia Cheng2021
Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less par James Hamblin2021
Galileo: And the Science Deniers par Mario Livio2021
Mathematics for Human Flourishing par Francis Su2021
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime par Sean M. Carroll2020
The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution par Susan Hockfield2020
The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last par Azra Raza2020
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves par Frans de Waal2020
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World par Marcia Bjornerud2019
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees par Thor Hanson2019
Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures par Nick Pyenson2019
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto par Alan Stern2019

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