Los Angeles Times Book Prize

1998 Finalists in Science and Technology:

Venus Revealed:
A New Look Below the Clouds of Our Mysterious Twin Planet,
by David Harry Grinspoon
(Perseus)

The Fabric of Reality,
by David Deutsch
(Allen Lane: The Penguin Press)

Deadly Feasts:
Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague,
by Richard Rhodes
(Simon & Schuster)

The Trouble with Testosterone,
by Robert M. Sapolsky
(Schribner's Reference)

How The Mind Works,
by Steven Pinker
(W.W. Norton)