Royal Society Winton Prize contenders

My opinion

Books which are easy to read

• 1: Paleofantasy Readable with plenty of interesting information
• 2:The Cancer Chronicles Well worth reading, but goes too quickly over some of the science for my liking

Longer books requiring more thought

• 1: Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age Thought provoking book, fulfilling the hopes I had for it
• 2:Serving the Reich Well worth reading, a bit less science than I'd have liked

The remaining 8 books

• 5:The Perfect Theory Readable and avoids technicalities - maybe too much
• 6:What a Wonderful World I've a few quibbles but it's well worth reading.
• 7:The Compatibility Gene Tries to shelter readers from technicalities, but this backfires.
• 8:Seven Elements That Have Changed The World
• 9:Stuff Matters
The above two books both take on a difficult task, and neither really succeeds
• 10:My Brief History Too Brief
• 11:Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe Cries out for 'Further Reading' section
• 12:Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal I found it difficult to finish this book