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DK does it again!
 DK won the Royal Society Junior Prize for Science Books (formerly the Aventis Junior Prize) for a record eighth time for Can You Feel The Force? by Richard Hammond.
The bookwas chosen as the winner from a shortlist of six by junior judging panels made up of almost 1,000 young people from 100 school and youth groups from across the UK.
The result was announced at an awards ceremony at the Royal Society in London last night. Richard wins an award of £10,000 and the authors of each short listed book receive £1,000.
Richard says: "I was immediately captivated when the team at Dorling Kindersley approached me about making a book to try and bring physics to life. Perhaps all children need is the confidence to approach a subject with enthusiasm and an open mind. The DK team gave them just that and winning this award is recognition for a group of very talented people."
Commenting on Can You Feel The Force?, Anna aged 13 and one of the Junior Judges said: “It was good because it had unusual facts that you wouldn’t know from science lessons.”
Andrew aged 11 said: “The illustrations were good but my favourite bit was the way of walking on custard.”
Adele aged 11 said: “I didn’t vote for it just because Richard Hammond wrote it, it truly was the best.”
Eleanor Updale, chair of the junior judging panels said: “This instantly appealing book traces the roots of physics to the dawn of civilization, but concentrates on the way physical forces are at work in all our lives today. With clear illustrations, practical experiments, and well-paced text, it makes an interest in science look like fun – and above all, normal.”
How Nearly Everything Was Invented by the Brainwaves, also published by DK, was also one of the six short listed books for this year's prize. DK has now won the junior award eight times – more than any other publisher - and this is our sixth win since 2000. What Makes Me, Me? by Robert Winston, which is part of the same series as Can You Feel The Force?, won the prize in 2005.
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