Agency author's book wins Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2012.
16 Nov 2012

Robert Winston’s Science Experiments, ghosted by agency author Ian Graham, a book packed with fun, exciting and often explosive experiments young people can do at home, has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2012. It was chosen from a short list of six by over 1000 young people from 120 schools and youth groups around the UK.

The shortlist from which the young people chose a winner was selected by an expert adult judging panel, made up of Professor Andrea Brand FMedSci FRS (Chair), Inventor-in-residence at the Science Museum Mark Champkins, BBC science presenter Greg Foot, science teacher Dr Anna Parrish and Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow Dr Angela Taylor.

The prize was awarded at a ceremony at the Royal Society in London on the evening of Thursday 15th November. The book wins an award of £10,000.