Read more about the 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize, arguably a summary of the best popular science books published in 2010. Here are the results: Winner The Wavewatcher’s Companion – Gavin Pretor-Pinney Shortlist Alex’s Adventures in Numberland – Alex Belos Massive – Ian Sample The Disappearing Spoon – Sam Kean The Rough Guide to the Future – Jon Turney Through the Language Glass – Guy Deutscher Longlist Here on Earth – Tim Flannery Packing for Mars – Mary Roach Spider Silk – Leslie Brunetta & Catherine L. Craig The Fever – Sonia Shah The Price of Altruism – Oren Harman The Rational Optimist – Matt Ridley What Technology Wants – Kevin Kelly and here are our favourites that didn’t make the long list: 1089 and all that – David Acheson Boffinology – Justin Pollard The Canon – Natalie Angier The Climate Files – Fred Pearce Dazzled and Deceived – Peter Forbes Economyths – David Orrell A Grand and Bold Thing – Ann Finkbeiner The Lives of Ants – Lauren