2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
Graham Farmelo
A monumental achievement – one of the great scientific biographies.’ Michael Frayn The Strangest Man is the Costa Biography Award-winning account of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. He was one of the leading pioneers…
2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Shortlist
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
Richard Wrangham
Cold: Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places
Bill Streever
Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science
Carol Kaesuk Yoon
