The Nobel book of answers the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, and other Nobel Prize winners answer some of life's most intriguing questions for young people
A collection of essays written by various Nobel Prize winners about their fields of endeavor.
| Other Authors: | Stiekel, Bettina. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
| Published: |
New York :
Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
2003.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- How do I win the Nobel Prize? / Mikhail Gorbachev
- Why can't I live on french fries? / Richard J. Roberts
- Why do we have to go to school? / Kenzaburo Oe
- Why are some people rich and others poor? / Daniel L. McFadden
- Why do we have scientists / John C. Polanyi
- What is love? / H.H. Dalai Lama
- Why do we feel pain? / Günter Blobel
- Why is pudding soft and stone hard? / Klaus von Klitzing
- What is politics? / Shimon Peres
- Why is the sky blue? / Mario J. Molina
- How does the telephone work? / Gerd Binning
- Will I soon have a clone? / Eric Wieschaus
- Why is there war? / Desmond Tutu
- Why do Mom and Dad have to work? / Reinhard Selten
- What is air? / Paul Crutzen
- Why do I get sick? / George Vithoulkas
- Why are leaves green? / Robert Huber
- Why do I forget some things and not others? / Erwin Neher
- Why are there boys and girls? / Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
- Why does 1 + 1 = 2? / Enrico Bombieri
- How much longer will the Earth keep turning? / Sheldon Glashow.