1991 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner and Nominees

The Truth About Chernobyl

Grigori Medvedev

This is an account of the events leading up to the worst nuclear disaster in history. It also examines the subsequent cover-up at which both politicians and technicians connived….

Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe

Dennis Overbye

The Ascent of Mind: Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence

William H. Calvin

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

Robert Kanigel

Walking With the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Biruté Galdikas

Sy Montgomery