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, edited by Bettina Stiekel ; translated by Paul de Angelis and Elisabeth Kaestner
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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, edited by Bettina Stiekel ; translated by Paul de Angelis and Elisabeth Kaestner
Language
eng
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no index present
Intended audience
Ages 10 up
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Nobel book of answers
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edited by Bettina Stiekel ; translated by Paul de Angelis and Elisabeth Kaestner
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the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, and other Nobel Prize winners answer some of life's most intriguing questions for young people
Summary
A collection of essays written by various Nobel Prize winners about their fields of endeavor
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
Target audience
pre adolescent
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