2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner
The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine
James Le Fanu
The medical achievements of the post-war years rank as one of the supreme epochs of human endeavour. Advances in surgical technique, new ideas about the nature of disease and huge innovations in drug manufacture vanquished most common causes of early death…
2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Shortlist
A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud
Karl Sabbagh
E = mc2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation
David Bodanis
Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance
Dennis Overbye
