Awards
Princeton University Press books have won numerous awards, including six Pulitzer Prizes, five Bancroft Prizes, three National Book Awards, and hundreds of major awards from academic organizations. Dozens of Press authors have been awarded the most prestigious academic prizes in the world, including the Nobel Prize in economics, physics, chemistry, medicine, and literature, the Fields Medal, and the Holberg Prize.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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One of Amazon.com's 2014 Best Books of the Year: Arts & PhotographyOne of nbc.com’s "Holiday Gift Books Span the Science Spectrum" for 2014
One of The Guardian’s Best Nature Books of 2017, chosen by Stephen Moss
One of The Art Newspaper's Favourite Books of 2019
Christophe Jaffrelot, Winner of the Prix Raymond de Boyer de Sainte-Suzanne, Académie française (for the original French edition)
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in PhysicsRoger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Winner of the 2009 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, American Philological Association
William D. Nordhaus, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
One of New Scientist's best science books to read in 2021