The winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize will be announced in September, but the shortlist is available now. Among the six titles you find
The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World
by Oliver Morton
The author describes the potential and risks of geoengineering to mitigate global climate change. He explores the science, history and politics behind real and theoretical case studies.
The following pdf shows an exhibition catalogue of the Philosophical Transactions. It is the 350th anniversary of publishing at the Royal Society.
Exhibition catalogue: https://royalsociety.org/~/media/publishing350/publishing350-exhibition-catalogue.pdf
2015 marks the 350th anniversary of the launch of Philosophical Transactions – the world’s first journal dedicated to science.
Read more: https://royalsociety.org/publishing350/
The Royal Society has announced the call for submissions for its new open access journal Royal Society Open Science. This online-only journal will cover the entire range of science and mathematics. It is set to launch in September.
The Royal Society publishes its main podcast monthly. The R.Science podcast contains the latest news from the Society. Each episode includes the question to a scientist or public figure: Why science?