2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner

The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
Leonard Susskind
What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? This question has implications for the most fundamental laws of the universe. The scientific battle to prove the answer would change the course of physics….
2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Shortlist

Microcosm: E.Coli and the New Science of Life
Carl Zimmer

Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America’s Soul
Kenneth R. Miller

What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
Avery Gilbert
