Cloudspotter makes waves at Royal Society

Published: 16 December, 2011

Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s The Wavewatcher’s Companion has won the 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. The winning book was announced at the Royal Society on 17th November 2011. In The Wavewatcher’s Companion, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, takes time out from cloud spotting to explain what waves are and explore how they appear everywhere around us.

Gavin Pretor-Pinney said: “I’m really grateful to the jury, Royal Society and Winton Capital Management. 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!”

Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, presented the £10,000 prize to Gavin Pretor-Pinney at an award ceremony held at the Royal Society. The Wavewatcher’s Companion triumphed over other strong contenders in the shortlist, including Guy Deutscher’s Through the Language Glass and Alex Bellos’s Alex’s Adventures in Numberland to win the prestigious award for science writing.

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