nobel prizes

A brief history of the Nobel Prizes and a biography of the man who founded them accompanies biographies of four Americans who received the Nobel Peace Prize.

An illustrated exploration of Alfred Nobel's invention of dynamite and how his feelings about how it was used led him to create the Nobel Prizes.

A brief biography of Jane Addams, who established Hull-House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of poverty.

Profiles the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who described the nature of chemical bonds, made important discoveries in the fields of quantum mechanics, immunology, and evolution, and used his scientific fame to help advance political causes.

Chronicles the life of Agnes Bojaxhiu, or Mother Teresa, and describes her work with the ill and poverty-stricken in Calcutta, as well as her many honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize.

A biography of the physicist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time.

Photographs and text explore the lives, goals, and accomplishments of the nine unique women who have won the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Biographies of eight women who have won the Nobel Prize, with an introduction to Alfred Nobel and the prize and a complete listing of female winners.

A biography of the wealthy woman who realized her ambition to live and work among the poor and founded Hull House, one of the first social settlement houses in the United States.