1998 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner
![Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580870317-604-image-3.jpg)
Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
Douglas Starr
Essence and emblem of life–feared, revered, mythologized, and used in magic and medicine from earliest times–human blood is now the center of a huge, secretive, and often dangerous worldwide commerce. It is a commerce whose impact upon humanity rivals th…
1998 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Shortlist
![Mendel's Dwarf](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580979973-3613-image-3.jpg)
Mendel’s Dwarf
Simon Mawer
![Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580970747-2887-image-3.jpg)
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
V.S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee
![Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580955172-1602-image-3.jpg)
Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
Pat Shipman
![The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and Character](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581038196-6989-image-3.jpg)