Wonders of nature win out at the Royal Society

Kat Austen. CultureLab editor

The Wavewatcher's Companion by Gavin Pretor-Pinney was selected as the winner of this year?s Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Pretor-Pinney received the award last night at a ceremony at the Royal Society in London.

Founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, and author of two books on these fluffy wonders of nature, Pretor-Pinney turned his gentle yet informative narrative style to the subject of waves in his newest book. Starting with the most obvious - waves in water - the book follows Pretor-Pinney from a family trip to the beach, through sound waves, brain waves and more, culminating in a surf trip to Hawaii.

The book is captivating, and Pretor-Pinney?s enthusiasm and fascination for the natural world is contagious. As the author himself says, ?What interests me in science is that it follows from being curious about the world around us. I hope my book motivates others to be curious too!?

The Wavewatcher?s Companion won out over its fellow shortlist companions, like the mathematical page-turner Alex Bellos?s s Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Guy Deutscher's exploration of the language of thought, Through the Language Glass.

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