2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner
![Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581014568-5042-image-3.jpg)
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Sylvia Nasar
Traces how the works of Charles Dickens and Henry Mayhew reflected the poor majority in mid-nineteenth-century London, citing the achievements of such influential figures as John Maynard Keyes, Paul Samuelson, and Amartya Sen….
2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Shortlist
![A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580856606-59705-image-3.jpg)
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher
Joel Achenbach
![Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580870148-590-image-3.jpg)
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
Holly Tucker
![The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581061495-8012-image-3.jpg)
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
James Gleick
![Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580845779-58811-image-3.jpg)