In 1901 the first Nobel prizes given out in Stockholm Sweden, on the first anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. Alfred Nobel, (the inventor of dynamite), in his will wanted to have a majority of his fortune left to be “annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-nobel-prizes-awarded
The Nobel Prize
This is the most complete and only full-length biography available of the legendary inventor of dynamite and founder of the prizes that bear his name, Alfred Nobel. Nobel's story-which the New York Review of Books described as extraordinary-reads better than most commercial fiction. Born in poverty, Nobel devised a way to detonate nitroglycerine safely and make a new explosive called dynamite available for commercial exploitation. The discoveries and ensuing patents made him fabulously wealthy-but ultimately lonely. Spurned by the only woman he ever loved, he began a long and stormy romance with a flower girl named Sofie Hess, whom he eventually abandoned after she became pregnant by another man. Deeply disturbed that the press of the day had labeled him the merchant of death, Nobel bequeathed his entire fortune (as written in a one-page, cryptically worded will fiercely be contested by his family) toward the foundation of prizes celebrating peace, literature, and scientific achievement. Fant makes generous use of previously unavailable letters between Nobel and his mistress, bringing Nobel vividly to life.
Almost everyone has heard of the Nobel Prize, a collection of prizes awarded for accomplishments in science, medicine, literature, and peace. But few people know about the man who established the award and for whom it is named, Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. A quick and curious mind, combined with a love of science and chemistry, drove him to invent numerous technological devices throughout his long life. But he is perhaps most well known for his invention of dynamite. Intending it to help safely advance road and bridge construction, Nobel saw his most famous invention used in the development of military weaponry. After a newspaper headline mistakenly announces his death, Nobel was inspired to leave a legacy of another sort. The Man Behind the Peace Prize tells the story of the enduring legacy of Alfred Nobel. Kathy-jo Wargin is the bestselling author of more than 30 books for children. Among her many awards for her work are an International Reading Association Children's Choice Award for The Legend of the Loon and an IRA Teachers' Choice Award for Win One for the Gipper. She lives in the Great Lakes area. Zachary Pullen's character-oriented picture book illustrations have won awards and garnered starred reviews. He has been honored several times with acceptance into the prestigious Society of Illustrators juried shows and Communication Arts Illustration Annual of the best in current illustration. Zachary lives in Wyoming.
This Year's Winners
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020
Richard PenroseReinhard
Genzel and Andrea Ghez
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
Louise Glück
Nobel Peace Prize for 2020
World Food Programme (WFP)
Past Winners
Winner of the Nobel Prize for her rich, incisive oral histories of the Soviet Union, Alexievich here focuses specifically on the experiences of ordinary Soviet women during World War II, whether in battle or on the home front. Whatever you thought you knew about the war, you should put it aside and listen to the voices here. More than two million copies of the Russian-language edition of this book have been sold worldwide, with rights snapped up by 47 countries so far. Expect New York Times bestsellerdom, as with her last book, Secondhand Time.
Microfinancing is considered one of the most effective strategies in the fight against global poverty. And now, in Small Loans, Big Changes, author Alex Counts reveals how Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus revolutionized global antipoverty efforts through the development of this approach.
In this inspiring memoir, Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Includes 16 pages of photos.
Korean edition of SOLAR by Ian McEwan, the bestselling author and the recipient of numerous literary awards includes Booker Prize, Whitbread The award, tells an energetic and witty story about a past Noble Prize winning physicist who has been idling through life on his scientific reputation is at the end of his fifth marriage due to his continuous womanizing when an accidental death helps cure his problems, but can he save the world from climate change?
"An accessible, compelling introduction to today's major policy issues from columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no better foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won't die. This delightful new book finds Krugman at his best, turning readers into intelligent consumers of the daily news with quick, vivid sketches of the key concepts behind taxes, health care, international trade, and more. Arguing with Zombies will put Krugman at the front of the debate in the 2020 election year. Building on and expanding his New York Times columns and other writings, it contains short, accessible chapters on topics including the fight for national health care in the United States, the housing bubble and financial meltdown of 2007- 2008, the European Union and Brexit, the attack on Social Security, and the fraudulent argument- the ultimate zombie- that tax cuts for the rich will benefit all"-- Provided by publisher.
Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier year. In a red one, she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one, she writes a novel in which the heroine reviles part of her own experience. And in the blue one, she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna tries to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook.
--Saturday Review
As a human rights lawyer in Iran, Ebadi has suffered arrest, death threats, and attacks on loved ones; now she lives in exile in the West. In 2003, she became the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This work captures the arc of her entire activist-imbued life, with an epilog on the Iranian nuclear deal adding fresh, significant insight.
"A genius, a great mathematician once said, performs magic, does things that nobody else could do. To his scientific colleagues, Richard Feynman was a magician of the highest caliber. Architect of quantum theories, enfant terrible of the atomic bomb project, caustic critic of the space shuttle commission, Nobel Prize winner for work that gave physicists a new way of describing and calculating the interactions of subatomic particles, Richard Feynman left his mark on virtually every area of modern physics. Originality was his obsession. Never content with what he knew or with what others knew, Feynman ceaselessly questioned scientific truths. But there was also another side to him, one which made him a legendary figure among scientists. His curiosity moved well beyond things scientific: he taught himself how to play drums, to give massages, to write Chinese, to crack safes. In Genius, James Gleick, author of the acclaimed best-seller Chaos, shows us a Feynman few have seen...."--Jacket.
"In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . . A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy, and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice"-- Provided by publisher.
A New York Times Bestseller Adapted for Young Readers A National BestsellerA Nobel Peace Prize-winning Author Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. In this Young Readers Edition of her bestselling memoir, which has been reimagined specifically for a younger audience and includes exclusive photos and material, we hear firsthand the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world - and did.
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