The Aventis Prizes for Science Books

The Aventis Prizes for Science Books is an annual award for the previous year's best general science writing and best science writing for children. The nominees and winners are decided by the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science. The prizes were established in 1988.

Junior Prize

This category is awarded to the best science writing for children.

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2004 Winner

• Really Rotten Experiments, Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles

Other nominees:

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• ', Peter Ackroyd
• Really Rotten Experiments, Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles
• Riotous Robots, Mike Goldsmith
• ', Sally Hewitt
• ', Clare Oliver
• ', Peter Riley

2003 Winner

• DK Guide to the Oceans, Frances Dipper

Other nominees:

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• ', Nick Arnold
• Get in Gear, Sholly Fisch
• ', Nicholas Harris
• Why Can?t I..? Series, Sally Hewitt
• The Way Science Works, Robin Kerrod & Sharon Ann Holgate

2002 Winner

• DK Guide to the Human Body, Richard Walker

Other nominees:

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• Life Finds its Feet, Jacqui Bailey
• The Kingfisher Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia, David Burnie
• ', Mike Goldsmith
• ', Christopher Maynard
• ', Alistair Smith, Phillip Clarke & Corinne Henderson

2001 Winner

• DK Guide to Weather, Michael Allaby

2000 Winner

• DK Guide to Space, Peter Bond

Pre-2000 Winners

• (1999) The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope, Kirsteen Rogers
• (1998) The Kingfisher Book of Oceans, David Lambert
• (1997) ', Nick Arnold
• (1996) The World of Weather, Chris Maynard
• (1995) The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book, Jay Young
• (1994)
• ', Linda Gamlin
• Science with Weather, Rebecca Heddle and Paul Shipton
• The Ultimate Dinosaur Book, David Lambert
• (1993) Mighty Microbes, Thompson Yardley
• (1992) The Amazing Voyage of the Cucumber Sandwich, Peter Rowan
• (1991) Cells Are Us and Cell Wars, Fran Balkwill and Mic Rolph
• (1990)
• (under-14) ', Susan Mayes
• (under-8) The Giant Book of Space, Ian Ridpath
• (1989) The Way Things Work, David Macaulay and Neil Ardley
• (1988) Science Alive ? Living Things, Roger Kerrod