Awards & Recognition
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. To inquire about our awards program, including for nomination calls and author requests, please contact Steve_Stillman@press.princeton.edu.
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A New Scientist Non-Fiction and Popular Science Books to Look Forward To
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the PROSE Award in Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, and Cosmology Texbooks, Association of American PublishersFinalist for the PROSE Award in Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, and Cosmology, Association of American Publishers
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Writing, Long-Form Nonfiction Category
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Longlisted for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Hands-On category
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in PhysicsFinalist for the PROSE Award in Cosmology and Astronomy, Association of American Publishers
Longlisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science BooksOne of NPR's best books of 2020
One of BBC Science Focus Magazine's Best Books of 2020
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cosmology and Astronomy, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Cosmology & Astronomy, Association of American PublishersOne of Symmetry Magazine’s Physics Books of 2016
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003
Winner of the 1999 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, American Astronomical SocietyJeremiah P. Ostriker, Co-Winner of the 2015 Gruber Cosmology Prize for Theoretical and Experimental Explorations of the Universe (with John Carlstrom and Lyman Page), The Gruber Foundation
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
One of SkyNews Best Astronomy Books of the Year 2013, chosen by SkyNews editor, Terence Dickinson
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
Steven S. Gubser, Winner of the 2017 Simons Investigator Award in Physics, Simons FoundationFrans Pretorius, Winner of the 2017 New Horizons Prize in Fundamental Physics
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in History of Science, Medicine & Technology, Association of American PublishersWinner of the 2017 AIP Science Writing Award for Books, American Institute of Physics
One of Smithsonian Magazine’s Best Science Books of 2016
#6 on The Telegraph’s Top 50 Books of the Year 2016
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
One of Physics World's Top Ten Books of the Year, 2016
Shortlisted for Physics World's Book of the Year 2016
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000
Winner of the 2018 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award, American Astronomical Society
Donald K. Yeomans, One of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people 2013Donald K. Yeomans, Winner of the 2013 Carl Sagan Medal, American Astronomical Society
Winner of the 2002 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Physics and Astronomy, Association of American PublishersFinalist for the 2003 Aventis General Prize
A New York Times BestsellerOne of Men’s Journal’s 40 Best Books of 2016
One of Symmetry Magazine’s Physics Books of 2016
One of Ars Technica’s 12 engrossing nonfiction books from 2016
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Cosmology and Astronomy, Association of American Publishers
One of Forbes.com’s 10 Best Popular Science Books of 2016: Maths, Physics, Chemistry
Longlisted for the 2018 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books
Winner of the 2013 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature, American Astronautical Society
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
One of Symmetry magazine’s Physics Books of 2015
One of Symmetry magazine’s Physics Books of 2015
Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Co-Winner of the 2015 Gruber Cosmology Prize for Theoretical and Experimental Explorations of the Universe (with John Carlstrom and Lyman Page), The Gruber FoundationOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles Top 25 Academic Books for 2013
Honorable Mention for the 2013 PROSE Award in Cosmology & Astronomy, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2013 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature, American Astronautical Society
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
Finalist for the 2011 Lane Anderson Award, Fitzhenry Family FoundationOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011
One of Library Journal's Best Sci-Tech Books for 2011
William Bialek, Winner of the 2013 Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
Donald K. Yeomans, One of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people 2013Donald K. Yeomans, Winner of the 2013 Carl Sagan Medal, American Astronomical Society
Honorable Mention for the 2011 PROSE Award in Cosmology & Astronomy, Association of American PublishersOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011
James Binney, Winner of the 2013 Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
Winner of the 2010 US Review of Books's Eric Hoffer Book Award in CultureWinner of the 2009 Silver Nautilus Book Awards in Cosmology/New Science
Finalist for the 2008 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, American Astronautical Society
Winner of the 2012 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award, American Astronomical Society
One of Booklist's Editors' Choice for Best Adult Titles for 2008Finalist for the 2008 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, American Astronautical Society
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010
Winner of the 2007 Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Cosmology and Astronomy, Association of American PublishersShortlisted for the 2008 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books, General Prize
Winner of the 2009 PROSE Award in Cosmology & Astronomy, Association of American Publishers
Wassim Haddad, Winner of the 2014 Pendray Aerospace Literature Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Winner of the 2009 Silver Nautilus Book Awards in Cosmology/New ScienceFinalist for the 2008 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, American Astronautical Society
In honor of Professor Rubin, an asteroid named 6227 Alanrubin
Winner of the 1999 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Physics and Astronomy, Association of American Publishers
James Binney, Winner of the 2013 Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
James Binney, Winner, 2013 Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics