SWCC Book Awards

Given by Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC)

Andre Navne: Canadian Science Writers' Award (Engelsk), Science in Society Book Award (Engelsk)
92 Works / 93 Items 5,831 Books 186 Reviews ½ 3.9
Stages:
Alle, Winner (62), Honourable Mention (5), Shortlist (30)
Kategorier:
Years:
Alle, 2022 (3), 2021 (3), 2020 (6), 2019 (2), 2018 (2), 2017 (2), 2016 (2), 2015 (2), 2014 (6), 2013 (4), 2012 (2), 2011 (2), 2009 (3), 2008 (3), 2007 (3), 2005 (3), 2004 (3), 2003 (24), 2002 (2), 2001 (2), 2000 (2), 1999 (2), 1998 (2), 1997 (2), 1996 (2), 1995 (2), 1994 (2)

Winner 62

VærkKategoriÅr
The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits af Rachel PoliquinChildren's2022
The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure af Dan WerbGeneral2022
The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits af Rachel PoliquinParadigm Prize for Underrepresented Perspectives in Science Writing2022
Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer af Donna SandstromChildren's2021
Beyond Banting : From Insulin to Islet Transplants, Decoding Canada's Diabetes Research Superstars af Krista LambGeneral2021
The Wolf Mother af Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. HusonParadigm Prize for Underrepresented Perspectives in Science Writing2021
Relax, Dammit!: Healthy and Happy in the Age of Anxiety af Timothy CaulfieldGeneral2020
Uncertain Harvest (Digestions) af Ian MosbyGeneral2020
Wanted! Criminals of the Animal Kingdom af Heather TekavecYouth2020
Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food af Lenore NewmanGeneral2019
Cells: An Owner's Handbook af Carolyn FisherYouth2019
18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather af Christopher DewdneyGeneral2018
Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate?: How Animals Keep Warm af Etta KanerYouth2018
Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future af Edward StruzikGeneral2017
The sockeye mother af Brett D. HusonYouth2017
Faster, Higher, Smarter: Bright Ideas That Transformed Sports af Simon ShapiroGeneral2016
The Killer Whale Who Changed the World af Mark Leiren-YoungYouth2016
Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything? : how the famous sell us elixirs of health, beauty & happiness af Timothy CaulfieldGeneral2015
The Queen's Shadow: A Story About How Animals See af Cybèle YoungYouth2015
Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive af Mark L. WinstonGeneral2014
The Fly af Elise GravelYouth2014
Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe af Ray JayawardhanaGeneral2013
Dirty Science: 25 Experiments with SoilYouth2013
Fatal Flaws af Jay IngramGeneral2012
The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea af Helaine BeckerYouth2012
Cascadia's Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America af Jerry ThompsonGeneral2011
50 Poisonous Questions: A Book With Bite (50 Questions) af Tanya Lloyd KyiYouth2011
A Salmon's Sky View af Carol McDougallGeneral2009
The Big Thaw: Travels in the Melting North af Edward StruzikGeneral2009
The Canadian Shield alphabet af Myrna GuymerChildren's2008
Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear af Dan GardnerGeneral2008
Super Crocs and Monster Wings: Modern Animals' Ancient Past af Claire EamerYouth2008
Baby Sea Turtles af Aubrey LangChildren's2007
Perdre le Nord ? af Dominique ForgetGeneral2007
Polaris: A Celebration of Polar Science af Julie E. CzernedaYouth2007
Bateman's Backyard Birds af Robert BatemanChildren's2005
The Drug Trial: Nancy Olivieri and the Science Scandal that Rocked the Hospital for Sick Children af Miriam ShuchmanGeneral2005
Sensational Scientists: The Journeys and Discoveries of 24 Men and Women of Science af Barry ShellYouth2005
Lupe: A Wolf Cub's First Year af Rebecca L. GramboChildren's2004
Tree: A Life Story af David SuzukiGeneral2004
Canada's Northern Diamonds...from Rocks to Riches af Gayla MeredithYouth2004
Salmon Forest af David SuzukiChildren's2003
The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology af Kim VicenteGeneral2003
Atlas de la météo af Caroline FortinYouth2003
Under the Ice: A Marine Biologist at Work af Kathy ConlanChildren's2002
Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything af Dan FalkGeneral2002
New Animal Discoveries af Ronald OrensteinChildren's2001
Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain af Carolyn AbrahamGeneral2001
Weather (FAQ) af Valerie WyattChildren's2000
Pandora's Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods af Alan McHughenGeneral2000
The I Was There: The Buried City of Pompeii by Shelley Tanaka (October 01,1997)Children's1999
Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource af Marq de VilliersGeneral1999
Megalodon af Stephen CumbaaChildren's1998
The Barmaid's Brain: And Other Strange Tales from Science af Jay IngramGeneral1998
Crime Science: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys af Vivien BowersChildren's1997
The Quiet Limit of the World: A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming af Wayne GradyGeneral1997
Squares (Shapes in Math, Science and Nature) af Catherine Sheldrick RossChildren's1996
British Columbia: A Natural History af Richard CanningsGeneral1996
How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Foods and Medicines from the Rainforests af Adrian ForsythChildren's1995
The Gift of Death: Confronting Canada's Tainted Blood Tragedy af André PicardGeneral1995
A Kids Guide to the Brain af Sylvia FunstonChildren's1994
The Burning House af Jay IngramGeneral1994

Honourable Mention 5

VærkKategoriÅr
Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives af Daniel J. LevitinGeneral2020
Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You've Never Heard Of af Helaine BeckerYouth2020
This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias af Tanya Lloyd KyiYouth2020
The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us af Carolyn AbrahamGeneral2013
The Great Motion Mission: A Surprising Story of Physics in Everyday Life af Cora LeeYouth2009

Shortlist 30

VærkKategoriÅr
The Fly af Elise GravelYouth2014
Zoobots: Wild Robots Inspired by Real Animals af Helaine BeckerYouth2014
Starting From Scratch: What You Should Know about Food and Cooking af Sarah EltonYouth2014
It's Catching: The Infectious World of Germs and Microbes af Jennifer GardyYouth2014
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers af David J. SmithYouth2014
Catching Cancer: The Quest for its Viral and Bacterial Causes af Claudia Cornwall2013
Salmon Forest af David SuzukiChildren's2003
Why Animals Show Off af Peter CookChildren's2003
Animals and Their Young: How Animals Produce and Care for Their Babies af Pamela HickmanChildren's2003
Bats (Kids Can Press Wildlife Series) af Adrienne MasonChildren's2003
Otters (Kids Can Press Wildlife Series) af Adrienne MasonChildren's2003
The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology af Kim VicenteGeneral2003
Nanocosm : The Big Change That's Coming from the Very Small af William Illsey AtkinsonGeneral2003
Hunting the 1918 Flu: One Scientist's Search for a Killer Virus af Kirsty DuncanGeneral2003
Fueling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy Is Changing Everything af Andrew HeintzmanGeneral2003
The Velocity of Honey: And More Science of Everyday Life af Jay IngramGeneral2003
Secret Ingredients: The Brave New World of Industrial Farming af Stuart LaidlawGeneral2003
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress af Gabor MatéGeneral2003
Surgical Limits: The Life of Gordon Murray af Shelley McKellarGeneral2003
Island of the Blessed: The Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis af Harry ThurstonGeneral2003
Atlas de la météo af Caroline FortinYouth2003
Exploring Saturn af Dan BortolottiYouth2003
Panda Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife (Firefly Animal Rescue) af Dan BortolottiYouth2003
The Amazing International Space Station af Editors of YES MagYouth2003
Canadian Dinosaurs af Elin KelseyYouth2003
Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius af Elizabeth MacLeodYouth2003
Achoo: The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Germs (Mysterious You) af Trudee RomanekYouth2003
What? What? What?: Astounding, Weird, Wonderful and Just Plain Unbelievable Facts af Lyn ThomasYouth2003
Jack: The Story of a Beaver af Shirley E. WoodsYouth2003
Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents: The Story of Canada Beneath Your FeetYouth2003

Nøgleord

aging(22) animals(88) biography(49) biology(42) birds(27) brain(20) Canada(25) Canadian(30) children(20) children's(16) disease(19) earthquakes(17) ebook(15) ecology(41) energy(15) environment(67) essays(16) food(16) geology(33) health(86) history(57) history of science(14) human factors(14) informational(16) Kindle(18) math(34) medicine(38) mental health(16) natural history(24) nature(65) neuroscience(22) non-fiction(439) physics(42) picture book(65) politics(35) popular science(33) psychology(101) read(19) risk(21) salmon(19) science(418) self-help(16) stress(50) technology(26) to-read(267) trees(21) unread(18) water(40) weather(14) winter(27)

Top Members

RLNunezKPL (27 værker), ganderlibrary (15), aabdelrahmanm (12), stansteiner (12), TPS8525 (9), alo1224 (8), JohnWilliam56 (8), KeithKron (8), fernandie (7), JeanLittleLibrary (7), BiblioFool (6), geophile (6), tah_lib (6), aimg (5), buriedinprint (5), Den85 (5), ehelmke (5), Ermina (5), foxly (5), GiftLakeSchool (5), JavidSalardis (5), Kaethe (5), LegoDruid (5), PICHBOOK (5), rundlettmiddle (5), stornelli (5), zhuazhua88 (5), Adolf_Ledesma (4), BIzard (4), bragan (4), cnba (4), Conway_Library (4), CredoSchool (4), eandino2012 (4), eduscapes (4), hammondj (4), HHALLC (4), IamAleem (4), katebrarian (4), KelMunger (4), LivingTruthSchool (4), ltcl (4), ltfl_isblib (4), mffowler (4), MichaelAScott (4), mmorrison61 (4), MonaAllen (4), rabbitprincess (4), rejeanpellerin (4), resstorm (4), rh_widget (4), Salsabrarian (4), Sunstroke (4), SWONlibraries (4), theodarling (4), TurtleCreekBooks (4), alvilda (3), ASIJ (3), benjfrank (3), bookmess (3), Brazen (3), bridgitshearth (3), btscribbins (3), buddingnaturalist (3), Caralen (3), ChersBooks (3), clpteensnewbooks (3), davidgn (3), dchaves (3), dgbakercheng (3), DJ_Cliffe (3), dubeyak (3), EAG (3), elfschild (3), Fargo66 (3), force (3), funky_george (3), griffinel (3), hredden (3), japenfold (3), jenniebooks (3), joeclark (3), kleahey (3), LHenriksen (3), ltfl_mountviewms (3), LunaSlashSea (3), markleggott (3), marnocat (3), mbendall (3), McKinleyEC1 (3), missingrache (3), MissWsLibrary (3), monado (3), MylesKesten (3), OHALibrary (3), paeonia (3), paula-childrenslib (3), Pauquachin (3), PeskyLibrary (3), rangerfan (3), rothwell (3), RussellEarlSmith (3), Scrabblenut (3), seemakhan123 (3), slimsoda (3), SoutheastMBLibrary (3), stdamian (3), TaftEC (3), themulhern (3), tsangal (3), yellowwalls (3), AprilBarker (2), catalib (2), FireflyLover (2), fpagan (2), HantsLearningNetwork (2), jervin1 (2), KrystiSchey (2), londarmonica (2), McCauleyWylie (2), MikeScottOdin (2), NellaForesta (2), nelliesue (2), NickEdkins (2), pataustin (2), rljessen (2), SarahBoon (2), SCPreschool (2), Speedicut (2), yulischeidt (2)