Awards in your library

Summary: 11 Awards.

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson (1968)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson (Non-fiction, 1999)
• T. Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Alvarez (Non-fiction, 1999)
• What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Phillips Feynman (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Hydrogen: The Essential Element by John S. Rigden (Science & Technology, 2004)

IPPY

• That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life by Dr. Joe Schwarcz (Science, 2003)

IPPY Finalist

• Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World by Douglas Mulhall (Science, 2003)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction: The Board's List

• The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson (7)
• Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Helix Book.) by Richard Phillips Feynman (88)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction: The Reader's List

• The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson (54)

National Book Award finalist

• The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson (The Sciences, 1969)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson (1968)
• Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks (2001)

New York Times bestseller

• The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson (General, 1968)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements by Paul Strathern (General, 2001)

Science Writing Award

• How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life by Len Fisher (Scientist, 2004)