Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science

Attributo da Phi Beta Kappa Society

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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 mostra altro literate and scholarly interpretations of the physical and biological sciences and mathematics. Monographs and compendiums are not eligible. mostra meno
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Tutto, Winner (65), Shortlist (22)
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Tutto, 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

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Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas di Jennifer Raff2023
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred di Chanda Prescod-Weinstein2022
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World di Sarah Stewart Johnson2021
Archaeology from Space : How the Future Shapes our Past di Sarah Parcak2020
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth di Adam Frank2019
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst di Robert M. Sapolsky2018
Il gene. Il viaggio dell'uomo al centro della vita di Siddhartha Mukherjee2017
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History di Thor Hanson2016
Armi animali. Come la natura ci ha insegnato a combattere di Douglas J. Emlen2015
Einstein and the Quantum: The Quest of the Valiant Swabian di A. Douglas Stone2014
Il segnale e il rumore: arte e scienza della previsione di Nate Silver2013
The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change di Philip Conkling2012
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century di Burton Richter2011
Complexity : A Guided Tour di Melanie Mitchell2010
The Art and Politics of Science di Harold Varmus2009
Il pesce che e in noi : la scoperta del fossile che ha cambiato la storia dell'evoluzione di Neil Shubin2008
Al di là di ogni ragionevole dubbio. La teoria dell'evoluzione alla prova dell'esperienza di Sean B. Carroll2007
L'aratro, la peste, il petrolio di William F. Ruddiman2006
The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans di Christopher Beard2005
Isaac Newton di James Gleick2004
Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth di Andrew H. Knoll2003
A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change di William H. Calvin2002
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future di Richard B. Alley2001
Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils di J. William Schopf2000
L' universo elegante: superstringhe, dimensioni nascoste e la ricerca della teoria ultima di Brian Greene1999
Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight di Pat Shipman1998
Armi, acciaio e malattie: breve storia del mondo negli ultimi tredicimila anni di Jared Diamond1997
ˆLa ‰luna di Einstein di David Lindley1996
Formiche: storia di un'esplorazione scientifica di Bert Hölldobler1995
Black Holes and Time Warps : Einstein's Outrageous Legacy di Kip S. Thorne1994
Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos di Garrett Hardin1993
Un lungo ragionamento: genesi e sviluppo del pensiero darwiniano di Ernst Mayr1992
Envisioning Information di Edward R. Tufte1991
La vita meravigliosa: i fossili di Burgess e la natura della storia di Stephen Jay Gould1990
The How and the Why: An Essay on the Origins and Development of Physical Theory di David Park1989
Infinito in ogni direzione di Freeman J. Dyson1988
Chemicals and Society: A Guide to the New Chemical Age di Hugh D. Crone1987
The Mystery of Comets di Fred Lawrence Whipple1986
The scientific reinterpretation of form di Norma E. Emerton1985
Frozen Star: Of Pulsars, Black Holes and the Fate of Stars di George Greenstein1984
Quando i cavalli avevano le dita: misteri e stranezze della natura di Stephen Jay Gould1983
Emerging Cosmology di Bernard Lovell1982
Alba cosmica. L'origine della materia e della vita di Eric Chaisson1981
The Image of Eternity: Roots of Time in the Physical World di David Allen Park1980
Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery di John Imbrie1979
Mechanics of the Mind (BBC Reith Lectures; 1976) di Colin Blakemore1978
Colonie umane nello spazio di Gerard K. O'Neill1977
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay di William W. Warner1976
The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World di Guido Majno1975
Darwin on Man: A Psychological Study of Scientific Creativity di Howard E. Gruber1974
The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann di Herman H. Goldstine1973
The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology di Barry Commoner1972
Vitamin C and the Common Cold di Linus Pauling1971
Life and Death of the Salt Marsh di John Teal1970
Antibodies and Immunity (Pelican S.) di G. J. V. Nossal1969
Great waters; a voyage of natural history to study whales, plankton, and the waters of the Southern Ocean di Sir. Alister Clavering Hardy1968
Modern Genetics di Haig P. Papazian1967
Man Adapting di Rene Dubos1966
Bird migration di Donald R. Griffin1965
The origin of adaptations di Verne Grant1964
The unseen world di René J. Dubos1963
The World of Ice. di James Lindsay Dyson1962
Communication among social bees di Martin Lindauer1961
The Forest and the Sea di Marston Bates1960
Il secolo di Darwin: l'evoluzione e gli uomini che la scoprirono di Loren Eiseley1959

Shortlist 22

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

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