Awards & Recognition
91ÌÒÉ« books have won numerous awards, including seven 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, the Holberg Prize, and the Cundill Prize. Every year, 91ÌÒÉ« books are named among the year’s best reads by publications around the world.
To inquire about our awards program, including for nomination calls and author requests, please contact Steve_Stillman@press.princeton.edu.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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Winner of the PROSE Award in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers


Winner of the 2015 IEEE William and Joyce Middleton Electrical Engineering History Award, History Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
One of Amazon.com’s 2013 Best Science Books
One of Booklist Online’s Top 10 Science & Health Books for 2013
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
One of The Guardian’s Best Popular Physical Science Books of 2014, chosen by GrrlScientist
Honorable Mention for the 2013 PROSE Award in Biography & Autobiography, Association of American Publishers
Longlisted for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
