2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner and Nominees

Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

Florence Williams

In this informative and highly entertaining account, intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine….

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Susan Cain

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—but Some Don’t

Nate Silver

The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human

Jonathan Gottschall

Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

George Dyson