2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner
![The Invention of Clouds](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581049901-7683-image-3.jpg)
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](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580865598-214-image-3.jpg)
A Different Nature: The Paradoxical World of Zoos and Their Uncertain Future
David Hancocks
![In Code: A Mathematical Journey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581032949-6556-image-3.jpg)
In Code: A Mathematical Journey
Sarah Flannery, David Flannery
![The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580961798-2149-image-3.jpg)
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
Bryan Sykes
![Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580944875-60542-image-3.jpg)