Tom Chivers' EVERYTHING IS PREDICTABLE is shortlisted for The Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2024!

We're thrilled to see Tom Chivers' EVERYTHING IS PREDICTABLE: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World on the shortlist for this year's Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize! The book, published in April by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, is one of a 6-strong shortlist for the prize which celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe.

Professor John Hutchinson, chair of the 2024 judges, said:

“Competition for this shortlist was extreme. 2023-2024 has been an incredible year for great science books. Our shortlist spans a wonderful variety of highly timely topics: from artificial intelligence and privacy issues to the challenges of space settlement, to the underappreciated importance of a statistical method, to the evolution of female reproductive biology, to the discovery of human-induced extinction itself, and to the biology of ageing and death. There’s something for everyone interested in science here, whether it’s for your own leisure reading and enlightenment, a generous gift to someone else, or for education in STEM disciplines. Humanity needs creative and scholarly books like these that digest the huge wealth of modern scientific understanding and translate it into accessible impact.”

And the judging panel said of EVERYTHING IS PREDICTABLE:

“This is a highly impressive book that immediately hooks the reader in. Chivers is an exemplary writer and his distinctive voice shines through as he covers Thomas Bayes’ theories in an accessible and exciting way. This is a book for anyone who wishes to expand their knowledge of maths, and it illuminates aspects of probability and its applications in today’s society that are hugely relevant to us all.”

We wish Tom the best of luck 🏆 You can see the full shortlist here!