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Gel speaker update - David Bodanis
May 22, 2006
Big congratulations to my friend David Bodanis Gel '04 for winning the prestigious Aventis science book prize. From The Guardian:
Dr Bodanis' book, Electric Universe - How Electricity Switched on the Modern World beat off competition from Collapse, a rare scientific take on the history of fallen societies, by Jared Diamond, a Pulitzer prize winner and evolutionary biologist, as well as Vivienne Parry's book The Truth About Hormones, and Parallel Worlds, by Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist.
And about the prize money...
In an unprecedented politicisation of the most prestigious prize for popular science books, the winning author pledged to donate his £10,000 prize to the family of the late government scientist David Kelly.
David Bodanis, who was awarded the Aventis science book prize last night, said he hoped his gesture would, "tell some people in England something about the importance of truth."
P.S. Also see The Economist's review of David's latest, Passionate Minds: The Great Enlightenment Love Affair:
David Bodanis's new biography of Emilie, Marquise du Châtelet, is a belated treatment of a startlingly neglected story. ... Mr Bodanis, a former academic whose previous book, “Electric Universe” has just won the 2006 Aventis prize for science writing, is well placed to appreciate the extraordinary scope and scale of her work, and leaves the reader in no doubt of it.
See the full review.
