The encyclopedia “Nobel Prize Laureates”, published for the first time in Russian, contains 564 biographical illustrated articles dedicated to the most outstanding scientists and social and political figures, as well as organizations awarded in 1901-1986. this most prestigious prize in the world.

CONTENTS: From the publisher VIIPreface to the American edition VIIIAlfred Nobel XINobel Prizes and Nobel Institutions XIXThematic Index XXVIndex of Articles (A-L) XXXIIBiographical Sketches 1

INDEX OF ARTICLES (A-L) :Agnon, Shmuel Yosef 1Addams, Jane 3Axelrod, Julius 6Aleixandre, Vicente 8Alvarez, Louis W. 11Alder, Kurt 14Alfven, Hannes 16American Friends Service Committee 18Anderson, Carl D. 21Anderson, Philip W. 24Andric, Ivo 26Anfinsen, Christian 29Arber, Werner 32Arnoldson, Claes 34Arrhenius, Svante 36Asser, Tobias 38Aston, Francis W. 40Asturias, Miguel 42Bayer, Adolf von 46Bayer, Fredrik 48Bak, Pearl 50Baltimore, David 53Bunting, Frederick G. 55Bunch, Ralph 58Barany, Robert 61Bardin, John 64Barkla, Charles G. 69Barton, Derek 71Basov, Nikolai 73Butler, Nicholas Murray 76Begin, Menachem 79Beernard, Auguste 81Bekesi, Georg 83Becquerel, Henri 86Beckett, Samuel 88Bellow, Saul 91Böll, Heinrich 95Benavente y Martinez , Jacinto 98 Benacerraf, Baruch 100 Berg, Paul 103 Bergius , Friedrich 106 Bergson, Henri 108 Bergström, Sune 112 Behring, Emil von 115 Burnet, Macfarlane 117 Bethe, Hans A. 120 Beadle, George W. 123 Binnig, Gerd 127 Blumberg, Baruch 129 Blombergen, Nicholas 132 Bloch, Conrad Felix 135 137Blackett, P. M. S. 140Beauvais, Daniele 143Boyd Orr, John 145Bolch, Emily Green 149Bohr, Niels 151Bohr, Auge 155Borde, Jules 157Borlaug, Norman 160Born, Max 162Bote, Walter 166Bosch, Karl 170Brandt, Willy 172Branting, Karl 175Bratteyn, Walter 178Brown, Herbert C 181B Raun, Michael 184Brown, Ferdinand 186Briand, Aristide 188Bridgeman , Percy Williams 191Broglie, Louis de 193Bragg, William Henry 197Bragg, William Lawrence 200Bunin, Ivan 203Bourgeois, Leon 206Butenandt, Adolf 209Buchner, Eduard 211Bjornson, Bjornsterne 214Buchanan, James M. 217Buisson, Ferdinand 221 Wagner-Jauregg, Julius 224 Weinberg, Steven 226 Waksman, Selman A 229 Walesa, Lech 231 Wallach, Otto 234 Van der Waals, Jan Diederik 236 Van't Hoff, Jacob 238 Van Vleck, John H. 241 Warburg, Otto 244 Wein, John R. 247 Werner, Alfred 250 Wigner, Eugen P. 252 Wiesel, Torsten 255 Wiesel, Eli 258 Wieland, Henry 260 Wilson, Kenneth G. 262Wilson, Robert W. 265Wilson, Thomas Woodrow 268Wilson, C.T. R. 272 Willstetter, Richard 275 Wien, Wilhelm 278 Windaus, Adolf 282 Wirtanen, Artturi 284 Wittig, Georg 286 "Physicians of the World for the Prevention of Nuclear War" 288 Woodward, R. B. 291 Haber, Fritz 294 Gabor, Dennis 297 Gajdusek, D. .Carlton 300Gamsun, Knut 303Gan, Otto 306Garden, Arthur 310Garcia Marquez, Gabriel 312Garcia Robles, Alfonso 314Gasser, Herbert S. 316Hauptmann, Gerhart 319Heisenberg, Werner 321Heyrovsky, Jaroslav 325Gell-Mann, Murray 327Genderson, Arthur 330Goeppert-Mayer, Maria 333Herz, Gustav 338 Hesse, Victor F. 340Hesse, Herman 343Guillemin, Roger 346Gilbert, Walter 349Guillaume, Charles 351Glaser, Donald A. 353Glashow, Sheldon L. 356Goba, Albert 359Golding, William 361Goldstine, Joseph L. 365Galsworthy, John 367Golgi, Camillo 370Granit, Ragnar 372Grignard, Victor 375 1Gulstrand, Alvar 377Gjellerup, Karl Adolf 379Dahlen, Niels 382Dahm, Henrik 384Dowes, Charles 386Debye, Peter 389Debreu, Gerard 391De Duve, Christian 393Dale, Henry H. 396Deledda , Grace 399 Delbrück, Max 402 United Children's Fund Nations 405Jayever, Ivar 407Giok, William F. 410Josephson, Brian D. 412Diels, Otto 414Dirac, Paul A. Maurice 416Doisy, Edouard 419Domagk, Gerhard 421Dosset, Jean 423Dulbecco, Renato 426Davisson, Clinton J. 429D'Esture Nelle de Constant, Paul 432 Du Vigneault, Vincent 434 Ducommin, Elie 437 Dunant, Henri 438 Herne, Niels K. 442 Jacob, Francois 445 Gide, Andre 447 Joliot, Frederic 451 Joliot-Curie, Irene 454 Jouhau, Leon 456 Sachs, Nelly 459 Zeeman, Peter 461 Zsigmondy, Richard 464 Singer , Isaac Bashevis 466 Suttner, Bertha von 470 Institute international morality 473 Jensen, Johannes 476 Jensen, I. Hans D. 478 Yeats, William Butler 482 Jonson, Eivind 485 Kawabata, Yasunari 489 Calvin, Melvin 491 Kamerlingh-Onnes, Heike 494 Camus, Albert 496 Canetti, Elias 499 Kantorovich, Leonid 50 2Kapitsa, Peter 504Carducci, Giosue 509Karle, Jerome 512Karlfeldt, Eric 514Carrel, Alexis 516Carrer, Paul 519Cassen, René 521Kastler, Alfred 523Katz, Bernard 526Quasimodo, Salvatore 529Quidde, Ludwig 531Köhler, Georg 533Kellogg, Frank 536Kendall, Edward 538Kendrew, John C. 541King, Martin Liu ter 543Kipling, Rudyard 547Kissinger, Henry 550Klein, Lawrence 553Klitzing, Klaus von 557Claude, Albert 559Klug, Aaron 562Cockcroft, John 565Compton, Arthur 568Korana, Har Gobind 571Corey, Gertie T. 574Corey, Carl F. 576Cormack, Allan 579Kornberg, Arthur 582Cornforth, John W. 585Corrigan, Mairead 588 Kossel, Albrecht 590 Koch, Robert 592 Kocher, Theodor 595 Cohen, Stanley 598 Krebs, Hans 601 Crick, Francis 604 Creamer, William 607 Krogh, August 609 Cronin, James W. 612 Kuznets, Simon 615 Kuhn, Richard 618 Cooper, Leon 620 Ku pmans‚ Tjalling Ch. 622Cournan‚ Andre 625Kush, Polycarp 628Curie, Marie 630Curie, Pierre 634Laveran, Charles 639Lagerkvist, Per 641Lagerlöf, Selma 644Laxness, Haldour 646Lange, Christian 649Landau, Lev 651Landsteiner, Karl 654Laue, Max von 657Lafontaine, Henri 661L Evi-Montalcini, Rita 664 Löwy, Otto 666 Lederberg, Joshua 670 Le Duc Tho 672 Leloir, Louis F. 675 Lenard, Philip von 677 Langmuir, Irving 680 Leontiev, Vasily 683 Li, Zongdao 687 Li, Yang 690 Libby, Willard F. 693 League of Red Cross Societies 696 Linen, Feodor 699 Lipman, Gabriel 702 Lipman, Fritz 705 Lipscom b, William N. 708Lorenz, Conrad 711 Lorenz, Hendrick 714 Lawrence, Ernest O. 718 Luria, Salvador 722 Luthuli, Albert 725 Lvov, Andre 728 Lewis, Sinclair 731 Lewis, W. Arthur 735 Lamb‚ Willis Y. 738