2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner
The Invention of Clouds
Richard Hamblyn
An extraordinary yet little-known scientific advance occurred in the opening years of the nineteenth century when a young amateur meteorologist, Luke Howard, gave the clouds the names by which they are known to this day. By creating a language to define st…
2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Shortlist
A Different Nature: The Paradoxical World of Zoos and Their Uncertain Future
David Hancocks
In Code: A Mathematical Journey
Sarah Flannery, David Flannery
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
Bryan Sykes
