2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner
Protecting America’s Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation
Philip J. Hilts
Emerging out of Theodore Roosevelt’s desire to civilize capitalism, the Food and Drug Administration was created to stop the trade in adulterated meats and quack drugs. This history of the agency takes readers back to its beginnings, and makes startlingly …
2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Shortlist
Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension
Stephen S. Hall
The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature
David Baron
The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses
Chandler Burr
