Books by Deborah Cohen
“Deborah Cohen is a very skilled journalist, this is very deeply researched, and every chapter covers a different topic, a different disease, or a different therapy. It is hugely timely. It’s well researched, and has huge importance for the current understanding of and thinking about the future. How do we, in a world of infinite knowledge and exchange of information by way of the internet, communicate and help people to recognise good information from bad? That’s what Deborah Cohen achieves and it’s a great contribution to the field of social medicine and ways for medical researchers to communicate and understand responses.” Read more...
The Best Popular Science Books of 2026: The Royal Society Book Prize
Michael Benton, Scientist
Interviews where books by Deborah Cohen were recommended
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The Age of Alchemy: The Secret History of Chemistry from Ancient Magic to Modern Science
by Kit Chapman -
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Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health
by Deborah Cohen -
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Despite It All: A Handbook for Climate Hopefuls
by Fred Pearce -
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Every Last Fish: A Deep Dive into the World of Fishes and Fishing
by Rose George -
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Hidden Guests: Migrating Cells and How the New Science of Microchimerism Is Redefining Human Identity
by Lise Barnéoud, translated by Bronwyn Haslam -
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How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
by Steve Ramirez
The Best Popular Science Books of 2026: The Royal Society Book Prize, recommended by Michael Benton
The Best Popular Science Books of 2026: The Royal Society Book Prize, recommended by Michael Benton
The Royal Society celebrates the best new popular science writing every year through the prestigious Trivedi Science Book Prize. We asked Professor Michael Benton, the eminent palaeontologist and chair of the 2026 judging panel, to talk us through their six-book shortlist: from a globe-trotting history of alchemy to a fast-paced account of memory manipulation by optogenetics researchers at the cutting edge of science.
