Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SBF Prize, Young Adult Science Book Category, 2021
Winner of the Brown University Book Award, 2021
Winner of the Connecticut Book Award, Non-Fiction, 2021
Winner of the Sally Hacker Prize, 2021
Named one of the Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books, 2020
Winner of the Florida's Authors and Publisher's Association Prize, Non-Fiction, 2020
Finalist for the 41st Los Angeles Times Book Awards, Science and Technology, 2020
Winner of the Foreword Reviews Book Awards Bronze Medal, Science and Technology, 2020