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Aventis Award for Science
 

Aventis Prize for Science Books

The £10,000 Aventis award - formerly known as the Rhone-Poulenc Prize - is given to the author whose book is best at helping children to understand science.

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Aventis General Prize for 2001
Title Author
 
Mapping the Deep Winner Robert Kunzig
 
Mendel's Demon Mark Ridley
 
Creation: Life and How to Make it Steve Grand
 
Strange Beauty George Johnson
 
Mendeleyev's Dream Paul Strathern
 
Malignant Sadness Lewis Wolpert
 

Aventis Junior Prize for 2001
Title Author
 
The DK Guide to Weather Winner Michael Allaby
 
Life Finds it's Feet Jacqui Bailey
 
The Kingfisher Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia David Burnie
 
Dead Famous: Albert Einstein and His Inflatable Universe Mike Goldsmith
 
Mega Bites: Bugs Christopher Maynard
 
The Usborne Internet-Linked Library of Science: Materials Alastair Smith, Phillip Clarke & Corinne Henderson
 
DK Guide to the Human Body Richard Walker
 



 

Aventis General Prize for 2000
Title Author
 
The ElegantUniverse Winner Brian Greene
 
The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis Thomas Dormandy
 
A Brief History of the Future: The Origins of the Internet John Naughton
 
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters Matt Ridley
 
Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behaviour Jonathon Weiner
 
Children of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace of Human Evolution Christopher Wills
 

Aventis Junior Prize for 2000
Title Author
 
The DK Guide to Space Winner Peter Bond
 
The Usborne First Encyclopaedia of Our World Felicity Brooks
 
Horrible Science: Evolve or Die Phil Gates
 
History News: In Space Michael Johnstone
 
The Kingfisher Book of Planet Earth Martin Redfern
 
Science Magic: Brainwaves in the Bedroom Richard Robinson
 




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