Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
Phi Beta Kappa Society
An annual award given by the Phi Beta Kappa Society to honor outstanding books on science and mathematics that communicate scientific knowledge and discovery to a general readership.
Latest winner · 2025
- What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures · Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
2023
- Won
2022
- The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams DeferredWon
Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award
2019
- Won
2018
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and WorstWon
Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award
2013
- The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—but Some Don’tWon
Nominated for 1 more award
2012
- Won
The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change
Philip Conkling, Richard Alley, Wallace Broecker and George Denton
1991
- Won
1990
- Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryWon
Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award
1959
- Won
Darwin's Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It
Frequently asked questions
- Who won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science in 2025?
- “What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures” by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science in 2025.
- Who are the most recent Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science winners?
- 2025: “What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures” by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson; 2024: “Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic” by Emily Monosson; 2023: “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas” by Jennifer Raff; 2022: “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred” by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein; 2021: “The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World” by Sarah Stewart Johnson.
- Has anyone won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science more than once?
- Yes - 2 authors have: Rene Dubos (1963, 1966); Stephen Jay Gould (1983, 1990).