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
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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.
A collection of essays written by various Nobel Prize winners about their fields of endeavor.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: xvi, 254 p. cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0689863101 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Stiekel, Bettina.
SUBJECTS
Children's questions and answers.
Nobel Prizes.
Nobel Prizes -- Biography.