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The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (1989-2018)

Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989), and young adult fiction (category added in 1998).
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Peacemaking Among Primates (Frans De Waal)
Peacemaking Among Primates
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Frans De Waal
Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine (Jane S. Smith)
Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine
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Jane S. Smith
The Truth About Chernobyl (Grigori Medvedev)
The Truth About Chernobyl
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Grigori Medvedev
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal (Jared Diamond)
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal
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Jared Diamond
Fuzzy Logic: The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology (Daniel McNeill and Paul Freiberger)
Fuzzy Logic: The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology
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Daniel McNeill and Paul Freiberger
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (Jonathan Weiner)
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
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Jonathan Weiner
Naturalist (E.O. Wilson)
Naturalist
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E.O. Wilson
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan)
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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Carl Sagan
How the Mind Works (Steven Pinker)
How the Mind Works
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Steven Pinker
Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce (Douglas Starr)
Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
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Douglas Starr
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter
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Dava Sobel
The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine (James Le Fanu)
The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine
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James Le Fanu
The Invention of Clouds (Richard Hamblyn)
The Invention of Clouds
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Richard Hamblyn
Rosalind Franklin (Brenda Maddox)
Rosalind Franklin
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Brenda Maddox
Protecting America's Health (Philip J. Hilts)
Protecting America's Health
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Philip J. Hilts
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change (Charles Wohlforth)
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change
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Charles Wohlforth
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima (Diana Preston)
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima
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Diana Preston
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind (Eric R. Kandel)
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
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Eric R. Kandel
I Am a Strange Loop (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
I Am a Strange Loop
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Douglas R. Hofstadter
The Black Hole War (Leonard Susskind)
The Black Hole War
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Leonard Susskind
The Strangest Man (Graham Farmelo)
The Strangest Man
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Graham Farmelo
The Price of Altruism (Oren Harman)
The Price of Altruism
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Oren Harman
Grand Pursuit (Sylvia Nassar)
Grand Pursuit
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Sylvia Nassar
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (Florence Williams)
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
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Florence Williams
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? (Alan Weisman)
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
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Alan Weisman
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction: An Annatural History
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Elizabeth Kolbert
The Invention of Nature (Andrea Wulf)
The Invention of Nature
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Andrea Wulf
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets (Luke Dittrich)
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
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Luke Dittrich
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Robert Sapolsky)
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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Robert Sapolsky
Dopesick (Beth Macy)
Dopesick
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Beth Macy
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