The organizers of the “Prosvetitel” and “Prosvetitel. Translation” awards announced the shortlists of finalists in two categories for each award.
In the “Natural and Exact Sciences” category, the finalists include Evgeny Koblik’s books “At the Headwaters of the ‘Russian Amazon’”, Alexander Osadchiev’s “This Unknown Ocean”, and Ilya Udalov’s “My Uncle Is a Banana. The Secrets of Evolution Revealed by Genes”.
In the humanities category, the shortlist includes Nikolai Vlasov’s “Germans After the War: How West Germany Managed to Overcome Nazism”, Ivan Davydov’s “People and Cities. A Guide to Russian Medieval Times”, Lev Masiel Sanchez’s “Domes, Palaces, and Cultural Centers. The History and Meanings of Russian Architecture”, and Alexander Meshcheryakov’s “Nameless Japan”.
The shortlist for the “Prosvetitel. Translation” award includes Ben Orlin’s “Math for People Who Hate Math”, Steven Robertson’s “Before Computers”, Menno Schilthuizen’s “Like Animals: What the Intimate Lives of Insects, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ourselves”, and Kenneth Catania’s “Ingenious Adaptations”.
In the humanities category of the translated award, the nominees are Kevin Birmingham’s “The Most Dangerous Book: How Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ Forever Changed Literature”, Paul Werth’s “1837. Russia’s Hidden Transformation”, Roger Crowley’s “The Spice Battle”, and Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre’s “Freedom at Midnight”.
The “Prosvetitel” award is given for the best popular science work; it was established in 2008 by Beeline founder and philanthropist Dmitry Zimin and the Dynasty Foundation, and since 2016, after the foundation’s liquidation, the award has existed with the support of Zimin Fondation.
The winners of the awards will be announced on November 19.
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