nobel prizes

Contains over one hundred alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about the lives and activities of international civil rights activists, antislavery reformers, human rights advocates, Nobel Peace Prize winners, and philanthropists; and includes timelines, sidebars, quotations, and other reference tools.

An essay describing the establishment of the Nobel Peace Prize precedes chronologically organized profiles of all the individuals and organizations that have received the award since 1901.

Offers 45 works of fiction, poetry, and prose by the best of Nobel's honorees from 1901 to 1986.

Presents a brief biography of Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize-winning British bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, describing his childhood, his achievements, and the impact of his contributions on modern medicine.

Twenty-one Nobel Prize winners including Mikhail Gorbachev, Klaus von Klitzing, and the Dalai Lama answer children's questions about topics in their fields, from "Why is the sky blue?" to "Why is there war?".

Offers a brief introduction to the life of Yasser Arafat, focusing on his involvement in the history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

A biography of the nun who founded the order known as the Missionaries of Charity to work with the sick and destitute in Calcutta and other places and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

A biography of the president of the Palestinian National Authority and winner of the Nobel Prize.

"Learn about these amazing inventors of the 20th century: William Lear, Philo Farnsworth, Beatrice Kenner, Gertrude Belle Elion, Gordon Gould, Charles Ginsburg, Robert Shurney, Jack Kilby, Stephanie Kwolek and Lonnie Johnson"--Provided by publisher.