Biographies of eight women who have won the Nobel Prize, with an introduction to Alfred Nobel and the prize and a complete listing of female winners.

Presents a biographical profile of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, discussing his experiences as a peanut farmer, governor of Georgia, and leader of the free world, with a focus on his promotion of world peace during and after his term in office.

Memory binds our mental life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and remember. But how does the brain create memories' Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of the mind-a combination of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology-with his own personal quest to understand memory. A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behavior,...

Discusses the life and work of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor who developed dynamite and instituted the Nobel Prize.

"The rollicking memoir from the cardiologist turned legendary scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize that revels in the joy of science and discovery"--

Presents the life and times of the nun who founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and dedicated her life to helping the destitute.