Dingle Prize, 2007 (British Society for the History of Science) for “the best recent book that communicates the history of science, technology and or medicine to a wide audience of non-specialists”: awarded for Elegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry (RSC, 2006). See http://www.bshs.org.uk/bshs/prizes/dingle_prize/

Winner of the Aventis Prize for Science Books 2005

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American Chemical Society James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public, 2006

Philip was given the debatable honour of being designated 'Guru of the Week' by the Financial Times on 14 February 2004.

The Society for the History of Technology awarded Bright Earth the Sally Hacker Prize for best writing on the history of technology, 2003.

Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) from Union College, Schenectady, NY, awarded in February 2003.

Bright Earth was shortlisted for the US National Book Critics Circle award in the category 'Criticism', 2002.

Association of British Science Writers award 2001, for the best communication of science in a non-science context. Awarded for More Than Meets the Eye, booklet to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the V&A Museum, London, September-November 2001.

Premio Acqua Scrittura 2000: awarded in Salsomaggiore, Italy, for the best international writing on water. Awarded for H₂O: A Biography of Water.

Association of American Publishers Award for the best new book in chemistry 1994, awarded for Designing the Molecular World.

Philip is on the editorial boards of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews and ComPlexUs. He is a member of the European Commision Expert Group on Synthetic Biology.