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

Publisher Marketing: IF YOU COULD ASK A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ANYTHING YOU WANTED... Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has honored the world's great geniuses in the most important fields: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics, and world peace. What if children could ask these creative thinkers about some of life's most intriguing mysteries, such as "Why can't I live on french fries?" and "What is love?" The answers from the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, Desmond Tutu, and seventeen other Nobel Prize laureates are rich with surprise, humor, and of course, wisdom. Every single answer will make you think...and learn something new. WHAT IS LOVE? The Dalai Lama WHY CAN'T I LIVE ON FRENCH FRIES? Richard J. Roberts WHAT IS POLITICS? Shimon Peres WHY IS THE SKY BLUE? Mario J. Molina WHY DO I FORGET SOME THINGS AND NOT OTHERS? Erwin Neher WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL? Kenzaburo Oe WHY IS THERE WAR? Desmond Tutu WHY DO WE FEEL PAIN? Gunter Blobel HOW DO I WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE? Mikhail Gorbachev WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE RICH AND OTHERS POOR? Daniel L. McFadden ... AND ELEVEN OTHER RESPONSES Contributor Bio:  Various The Marvel and Other Short Stories is a collected anthology of six short stories written by the winners of the Austin Macauley World Book Day short story competition. Contributor Bio:  Stiekel, Bettina Bettina Stiekel was born in the north German city of Hamburg. She graduated from Munich's Ludwig Maximilian University with an honors degree in German literature while working at "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" magazine as an editor. It was during this period that she collected the answers from the Nobel Prize winners for this book. Now a journalist with "Der Spiegel" magazine, Ms. Stiekel lives in Hamburg, Germany, and has a daughter. Contributor Bio:  Carter, Jimmy Jimmy Carter was the 39thPresident of the United States, author of numerous books, teacher at Emory University, founder of the Carter Center, and the recipient of theNobel Peace Prize. Carter worked with Emory University to establish the Carter Center, a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization advances human rights and alleviates human suffering in seventy-five countries worldwide. Carter is the only U. S. President to receive the Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office.