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M. D. Lachlan

Anna Lachowska (with Apoorva Khare)

R. A. Lafferty

Alex Lamb

Nick Lane

Philippa Lang

Charles Langmuir (with Wally Broecker)

  • How to Build a Planet ***

    • Graham Lappin

    Rich Larson

    Mark Lasbury

    Robert Laughlin

    J. L. Lawrence

    Eric Lax

    Cathy Lazere (with Dennis Shasha)

    James Le Fanu

    Ursula Le Guin

    Hervé Le Tellier (Trans. Adriana Hunter)

    Tom Lean

    Ann Leckie

    Leon Lederman (with Christopher Hill)

    Leon Lederman (with Dick Teresi)

    Jonah Lehrer

    Fritz Leiber

    Stanislaw Lem

    Michael Lemonick

    Armand Leroi

    Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon (with Will Rood and Ralph Edney)

    Richard Lester

    Hector Levesque

    Mark Levi

    Frank Levin

    Janna Levin

    Yasha Levine

    Dan Levitt

    Steven Levitt (with Stephen Dubner)

    Tim Lewens

    Mark Leyner (with Billy Goldberg)

    Gideon Lichfield (Ed.)

    Thomas Lin

    David Linden

    Grace Lindsay

    Martin Lindstrom

    Chris Lintott

    Chris Lintott (with Patrick Moore, Brian May)

    Lewis Little

    David Livingston

    Mario Livio

    Charles Lockwood

    William Bryant Logan

    Mun Keat Looi (with Colin Stuart)

    Jonathan Losos

    Rosaly Lopes (with Michael Carroll)

    Karen Lord

    David Love

    Catherine Loveday

    James Lovelock

    Pete Lunn

    Mark Lynas

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