The Nobel prize
a history of genius, controversy, and prestige
1st ed.
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Word Count
122,250 words, Guess
Page Count
489 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6786609M
- ISBN-10155970537X
- OCLC Control Number44174208
- OCLC Control Numbernobelprizehistor00feld
- Library of Congress Control Number00042002
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- Goodreads1360777
- LibraryThing272804
Classifications
- DDC001.4/4
- LCCAS911.N9 F38 2000
Description
"Founded by the brilliant, misanthropic inventor of dynamite, the Nobel Prize has for a hundred years claimed to identify the summit of human achievement. But what exactly is the Nobel Institution? How does it choose its winners? Has it ever made a mistake? An why does the prize hold such importance?". "The Nobel Prize considers these questions while taking us on a tour of every aspect of Alfred Nobel's grand legacy: its founder, its aura, its fields of award - literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, peace, and economics - and its laureates' personalities and rivalries, as well as its biases, controversies, and blunders."--BOOK JACKET.
Other Editions
- The Nobel prize: a history of genius, controversy, and prestige
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