Award Winners
| Year | Book | Author | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century | Richter, BurtonBurton Richter | Global warming |
| 2010 | Complexity: A Guided Tour | Mitchell, MelanieMelanie Mitchell | Complexity |
| 2009 | The Art and Politics of Science | Varmus, HaroldHarold Varmus | History of science |
| 2008 | Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body | Shubin, NeilNeil Shubin | Biology |
| 2007 | The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution | Carroll, Sean B.Sean B. Carroll | Biology |
| 2006 | Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate | Ruddiman, William F.William F. Ruddiman | Climatology |
| 2005 | The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes and Humans | Beard, K. ChristopherK. Christopher Beard | Biology |
| 2004 | Isaac Newton | Gleick, JamesJames Gleick | Physics |
| 2003 | Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth | Knoll, Andrew H.Andrew H. Knoll | Biology |
| 2002 | A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution & Abrupt Climate Change | Calvin, William H.William H. Calvin | Climatology |
| 2001 | The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future | Alley, Richard B.Richard B. Alley | Climatology |
| 2000 | Cradle of Life: The Discovery of the Earth's Earliest Fossils | Schopf, J. WilliamJ. William Schopf | Paleontology |
| 1999 | The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory | Greene, BrianBrian Greene | Cosmology |
| 1998 | Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx & The Evolution of Bird Flight | Shipman, PatPat Shipman | Paleontology |
| 1997 | Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies | Diamond, JaredJared Diamond | Sociology |
| 1996 | Where Does the Weirdness Go? Why Quantum Mechanics is Strange, But Not as Strange as You Think | Lindley, DavidDavid Lindley | Physics |
| 1995 | Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration | Wilson, Edward O.Edward O. Wilson, Bert Hölldobler | Biology |
| 1994 | Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy | Thorne, KipKip Thorne | Physics |
| 1993 | Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos | Hardin, GarrettGarrett Hardin | Ecology |
| 1992 | One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought | Mayr, Ernst W.Ernst W. Mayr | Biology |
| 1991 | Envisioning Information | Tufte, Edward R.Edward R. Tufte | Statistics |
| 1990 | Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History | Gould, Stephen JayStephen Jay Gould | Biology |
| 1989 | The How and the Why: An Essay on the Origins and Development of Physical Theory | Park, David AllenDavid Allen Park | Physics |
| 1988 | Infinite in All Directions | Dyson, FreemanFreeman Dyson | Cosmology |
| 1987 | Chemicals and Society: A Guide to the New Chemical Age | Crone, Hugh D.Hugh D. Crone | Chemistry |
| 1986 | The Mystery of Comets | Whipple, Fred L.Fred L. Whipple | Astronomy |
| 1985 | The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form | Emerton, Norma E.Norma E. Emerton | Science |
| 1984 | Frozen Star: Of Pulsars, Black Holes and the Fate of Stars | Greenstein, GeorgeGeorge Greenstein | Astronomy |
| 1983 | Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History | Gould, Stephen JayStephen Jay Gould | Biology |
| 1982 | Emerging Cosmology: Convergence | Lovell, BernardBernard Lovell | Cosmology |
| 1981 | Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and Life | Chaisson, Eric J.Eric J. Chaisson | Cosmology |
| 1980 | The Image of Eternity: Roots of Time in the Physical World | Park, David AllenDavid Allen Park | Physics |
| 1979 | Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery | Imbrie, JohnJohn Imbrie and Katherine Palmer Imbrie | Climatology |
| 1978 | Mechanics of the Mind | Blakemore, ColinColin Blakemore | Medicine |
| 1977 | The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space | O'Neill, Gerard K.Gerard K. O'Neill | Space colonization |
| 1976 | Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay | Warner, William W.William W. Warner | Biology |
| 1975 | The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World | Majno, GuidoGuido Majno | Medicine |
| 1974 | Darwin on Man: A Psychological Study of Scientific Creativity | Gruber, Howard E.Howard E. Gruber, Paul H. Barrett | Biology |
| 1973 | The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann | Goldstine, Herman H.Herman H. Goldstine | Computation |
| 1972 | The Closing Circle: Nature, Man and Technology | Commoner, BarryBarry Commoner | Sociology |
| 1971 | Vitamin C and the Common Cold | Pauling, LinusLinus Pauling | Medicine |
| 1970 | The Life and Death of a Salt Marsh | Teal, JohnJohn Teal | Ecology |
| 1969 | Antibodies and Immunity | Nossal, Gustav J. G.Gustav J. G. Nossal | Medicine |
| 1968 | Great waters: A Voyage of Natural History to Study Whales, Plankton, and the Waters of the Southern Ocean | Hardy, AlisterAlister Hardy | Biology |
| 1967 | Modern Genetics | Papazian, Haig P.Haig P. Papazian | Biology |
| 1966 | Man Adapting | Dubos, RenéRené Dubos | Medicine |
| 1965 | Bird Migration | Griffin, Donald R.Donald R. Griffin | Biology |
| 1964 | The Origin of Adaptations | Grant, VerneVerne Grant | Biology |
| 1963 | The Unseen World | Dubos, RenéRené Dubos | Biology |
| 1962 | The World of Ice | Dyson, James L.James L. Dyson | Climatology |
| 1961 | Communication Among Social Bees | Lindauer, MartinMartin Lindauer | Biology |
| 1960 | The Forest and the Sea | Bates, MarstonMarston Bates | Ecology |
| 1959 | Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It | Eiseley, LorenLoren Eiseley | Biology |
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