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Nature 441, 408 (25 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441408b; Published online 24 May 2006

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Electrifying book wins Aventis Prize

BOOK REVIEWEDElectric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World

by David Bodanis

Little, Brown

BOOK REVIEWEDThe Global Garden

by Kate Petty, Jennie Maizels & Corina Fletcher

Eden Books (Transworld)

David Bodanis has won this year's Aventis Prize for science books. His book, Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World published by Little, Brown, was described by the judges as "a very good read" that "opens up a universe of facts that would scarcely be credible in an imaginary tale".

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