The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995

For the student or researcher looking for information about Nobel Prize winners, "The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners 1901-1995" is the most up-to-date resource available. This edition offers essential biographical and professional information on every Nobel Laureate through 1995. Formatted for easy use, the book lists the Laureates chronologically by discipline (ie. chemistry, economics, literature, medicine and physiology, peace, and physics). Each entry contains 15 fields of information: prize won, birth date, death date (if applicable), parents, nationality, education, spouse, children, career, other awards won, selected publications by the Laureate, a list of sources that contain more information about the Laureate, and a commentary written by the editors, describing the Nobel Foundation's reasons for granting the award. Four indexes allow easy searching by name, education, nationality or citizenship, and religion.