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1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner and Nominees
1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology WinnerPatenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk VacineJane S. SmithCaptures the intensity that characterized the race to 'conquer' the dreaded, crippling disease of polio. Smith volunteered to try the experimental Salk vaccine; this is her personal essay on the interplay among medicine, politics, psychology, culture & col...Amazon1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology ShortlistDiscovering: Inventing and Solving Problems at the Frontiers of Scientific KnowledgeRobert Scott Root-BernsteinAmazonGreen Rage: Radical Environmentalism and the Unmaking of CivilizationChristopher ManesAmazonSonoran Desert SummerJohn AlcockAmazonThe Control of NatureJohn McPheeAmazon