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Happiness wins science book prize

01.01.70 |

A scientific exploration of the various ways people attempt to make themselves happy has won the annual Royal Society Prize for Science Books, reports BBC Online.

Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness had been tipped as the favourite to win the prestigious £10,000 award. It beat five other titles including Henry Nicholl's Lonesome George, an account of the last known individual of a subspecies of Galapagos tortoise.

• Happiness
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• Royal Society Prize for Science Books