Finalists have been announced for the Lane Anderson Award for best Canadian science book published in 2014, as judged "by relevance to science in the modern world and the author's ability to make scientific topics appealing to the general trade reader," Quillblog reported. The winner in each category will receive C$10,000 (about US$7,640). This year's shortlisted titles are:
Adult
Canadian Spacewalkers: Hadfield, MacLean and Williams Remember the Ultimate High Adventure by Bob McDonald
Planet Heart: How an Unhealthy Environment Leads to Heart Disease by François Reeves
Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products by Stephen Leahy
Book for young readers
Fuzzy Forensics: DNA Fingerprinting Gets Wild by L.E. Carmichael
Plesiosaur Peril (Tales of Prehistoric Life) by Daniel Loxton
Tastes Like Music: 17 Quirks of the Brain and Body by Maria Birmingham
