The Nobel Prize by Burton Feldman

The Nobel Prize by Burton Feldman

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What exactly is the Nobel Institution? How does it choose its winners? Has it ever made a mistake? And why does the prize hold such importance? With deft insight and sparkling wit, the author considers these questions while taking us on a tour of every aspect of Alfred Nobel's grand legacy.

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The Nobel Prize by Burton Feldman

What exactly is the Nobel Institution? How does it choose its winners? Has it ever made a mistake? And why does the prize hold such importance? With deft insight and sparkling wit, the author considers these questions while taking us on a tour of every aspect of Alfred Nobel's grand legacy.
Burton Feldman earned his PhD in the History of Ideas and Science at the University of Chicago. He taught at the Universities of Chicago, Maryland, Denver, Colorado at Boulder, and at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and wrote on religion and myth, literary criticism, and politics. He passed away in 2003.
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ISBN 13 9781611457247
ISBN 10 1611457246
Title The Nobel Prize
Author Burton Feldman
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Year published 2012-10-25
Number of pages 512
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