The winners for the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books 2007, celebrating the best science books published in English during 2006, were announced at an award ceremony onTuesday 15 May 2007.  The overall winner of  the Junior Prize was  CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE  (Dorling Kindersely) by Top Gear and Brainiac presenter Richard Hammond. This physics book captured the interest of the Junior Judging Panels. The other shortlisted titles were:

How Nearly Everything Was Invented by The Brainwaves, devised and illustrated by Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar, written by Jilly MacLeod (Dorling )

It's True! Space Turns You Into Spaghetti by Heather Catchpole and Vanessa Woods, (Allen & Unwin)

KFK Natural Disasters by Andrew Langley (Kingfisher)

My Body Book by Mick Manning and Brita Granström (Franklin Watts)

Science Investigations - Electricity by John Farndon (Wayland)

 CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE

Physics doesn't just happen in a lab it happens in the kitchen, in your bath, in a car! Author Richard Hammond is best known for co-presenting "Top Gear" alongside Jeremy Clarkson. He is passionate about science and learning, and is the host of "Brainiac: Science Abuse" on Sky One. This title helps you join a thrilling high-energy journey through time, space and beyond and find out about the physical forces that make our world what it is. Here, find out how science affects everything, from roller-coasters to fighter pilots. The book is crammed with fascinating physics facts and interactive experiments. It has a totally cool look at physics!

ELECTRICITY

This practical book answers common questions about electricity by looking at evidence and demonstrating its properties through a range of carefully chosen experiments that can be done in the classroom or at home. It covers such questions as 'What is electricity?', 'How does electricity make things glow?', 'How do we measure electrical charge?'. 'How do we make an electrical current?' and 'How are electricity and magnetism linked?' It also includes questions for readers to investigate further on their own. Written by a highly experienced and acclaimed science writer, the book includes links to useful websites as well as glossary, index and list of further reading.

HOW NEARLY EVERYTHING WAS INVENTED

This is a brilliant book bursting with big ideas. Meet the Brainwaves, hilarious little mischief makers with big ideas. Pint-sized pals who'll show you around and tell you all about key inventions, the breakthroughs that lead to them and spectacular spin offs which followed ...When was the wheel first used? Who were the bright sparks that thought of the light bulb? And what connects a teapot to a 400 kph train? Find out all about more than 300 key inventions that changed the world (and lead to almost everything else that's ever been invented). Fantastic fold-out pages reveal the who, what, when, where and why of each invention and explain the way it transformed the way we live.

MY BODY BOOK

A fun introduction to the human body with half-page flaps to reveal the insides. The simple flaps give a whole new, attention- grabbing dimension to body studies. Produced by multi-award-winning author/illustrator team. With bright, bold multi-coloured illustrations this is ideal for the school library, reading corner or home use. - Publishing News

NATURAL DISASTERS

Natural Disasters details the most catastrophic natural events that have shocked the world since history began. These are events that people have no control over - the sheer power of monster waves, booming avalanches, ground-shattering earthquakes, unstoppable floods, terrifying tornadoes and raging bushfires. Discover how rescue teams operate, and how experts try to predict and prevent disaster.

SPACE TURNS YOU INTO SPAGHETTI

Watch out for exploding stars, boiling planets and robotic explorers. Beware of black holes, white dwarfs and red giants. Space is full of extraordinary things - and two-thirds of the Universe is invisible! Packed with mind-blowing facts about space, this is the sixteenth book in the fantastic non-fiction series, "It's True!" PSSST! "It's True!" This is the best book on SPACE you'll ever read! The last frontier is a dangerous place. Watch out for exploding stars, boiling planets and robotic explorers. Beware of black holes, white dwarfs and red giants. This book will send your brain into orbit. Find out what life would be like on Mars, what it takes to become an astronaut and how to hunt for aliens with your computer. Zoom past planets and rocket round galaxies. But be careful - two-thirds of the Universe is invisible and if you take a wrong turn you might be spaghettified! Blast your buddies with all things extraterrestrial.