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Unfolds the full and astonishing story of the Nobel Prize sperm bank and its founder's radical scheme to change our world.

"Alfred Nobel was the man who founded what became known as The Nobel Prizes. Nobel also invented dynamite, becoming very wealthy from his invention. Saddened by its use for harmful destruction, Nobel left his fortune to create yearly prizes for those who have rendered the greatest services to mankind"--Provided by publisher.

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

A collection of essays written by various Nobel Prize winners about their fields of endeavor.

The author relates how his own study of memory converged with four distinct disciplines to give rise to the development of a new science of the mind that has changed our understanding of learning, memory, and mental illness.

Professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a broken-down pickup on the secluded country road leading to his home. He instinctively stops to help, calling his wife, Kay, to let her know hell be late. When the delay stretches to hours, Kay frantically contacts the local police and Wilsons younger brother, Sterling, an FBI agent in New York. The next day, the discovery of the professors body with...

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.

Marie Sktodowska Curie, Lise Meitner, Emmy Noether, Gerty Radnitz Cori, Irène Joliot-Curie, Barbara McClintock, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Chien-Shiung Wu, Gertrude B. Elion, Rosalind Elsie Franklin, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning nun who founded the Missionary Sisters and Brothers of Charity and was known for her work with the destitute and dying.