nobel prizes

Presents the lecture Toni Morrison gave in 1993 after winning the Nobel Prize in literature.

Michael Bishop offers an autobiographical account of his life, focusing on his momentous medical discovery of how genes can cause cancer and the impact it had on the medical field.

A memoir of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, that chronicles her childhood in Tehran, education, and professional career in law.

Describes the life and work of the woman whose work to help the poor in Chicago and around the world won her the Nobel Peace Prize.

Presents the life and career of the geneticist who in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Prize for her study of maize cells.

A biography of Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, discussing her childhood in Ohio, her school years, her encounters with racism, and her careers as a teacher, editor, and writer.