Research Catalog

Title

The Nobel prize : a history of genius, controversy, and prestige / Burton Feldman.

Author

Feldman, Burton.

Publication

New York : Arcade Pub., c2000.

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Description

xi, 489 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• Discusses the Nobel Institution in detail, telling about the award and its beginnings, what it means to win a Nobel Prize, the fields in which it is presented, who judges and how the prize is awarded, and more.
• Founded one hundred years ago by the inventor of dynamite, the Nobel Prize is the world's most celebrated and controversial honor. It grants its winners instant celebrity and acclaim for "service to mankind," despite accusations that it is too trendy, arbitrary, and narrow-minded. In examining both its fame and notoriety, Burton Feldman opens up the Nobel institution and process: how it originated, how it works, and how it is influenced by outside pressures (political, moral, personal and academic). The Nobel Prize is an extraordinary work that never fails to surprise, provoke, and entertain. -- Amazon.com

Subject

Nobel Prizes > History

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-469) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The founding father -- Nobel Prize invents itself -- The Nobel Prize in Literature -- The Nobel Prize and the sciences -- The Nobel Prize in Physics -- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry -- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine -- The Peace Prize -- The Economics Memorial Prize -- Conclusion -- Chronology of prizes -- Appendix A: Value of prizes -- Appendix B: Prizes by nation -- Appendix C: Women laureates -- Appendix D: Family laureates -- Appendix E: Jewish laureates.

ISBN

155970537X (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00042002^

OCLC

• 44174208
• SCSB-10448875

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library