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"Erich Segal, bestselling author of Love Story and Doctors, now brings his extraordinary storytelling gifts to the elite arena of the world's most remarkable physicians and scientists. In Prizes, Segal brings vividly to life three very different and memorable characters in a story brimming with love and loss, discovery and betrayal, life and death."--BOOK JACKET. "Adam Coopersmith. He is that rare combination: a brilliant physician who truly cares...

Describes some of the major medical discoveries, such as the cure for tuberculosis and the cause of malaria, made by researchers who were eventually awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Contains photographs and background information on more than 200 of the most famous and most interesting laureates as well as a complete list of all prize winners.

volume 1 1901-1928 volume 2 1929-1956 volume 3 1957-1987

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

A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

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.