<div><a href="http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7836">http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=7836</a></div>
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<p>Professor Jonathan Ashmore, Chair of the Judges said: "Lynas gives us a compelling and gripping view of how climate change could affect our world. It presents a series of scientifically plausible, worst case scenarios without tipping into hysteria. Six degrees is not just a great read, written in an original way, but also provides a good overview of the latest science on this highly topical issue. This is a book that will stimulate debate and that will, Lynas hopes, move us to action in the hope that this is a disaster movie that never happens. Everyone should read this book."</p>
<p>The six books shortlisted were:</p>
<p>A Life Decoded, by J. Craig Venter (Penguin Allen Lane)</p>
<p>Coral: A pessimist in paradise by Steve Jones (Little, Brown)</p>
<p>Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer (Penguin - Allen Lane)</p>
<p>Six Degrees: Our future on a hotter planet by Mark Lynas (Fourth Estate)</p>
<p>The Sun Kings by Stuart Clark (Princeton University Press)</p>
<p>Why Beauty is Truth by Ian Stewart (Basic Books)</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.marklynas.org/2008/6/18/six-degrees-wins-presitigious-royal-society-prize">http://www.marklynas.org/2008/6/18/six-degrees-wins-presitigious-royal-society-prize</a></p></div>
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<div>Much to the surprise of its author, Six Degrees has scooped the prestigious Royal Society Science Books Prize, triumphing over such strong contenders as Steve Jones's 'Coral: A pessimist in paradise', and J. Craig Venter's 'A Life Decoded'. </div>
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