{"product_id":"2940014094252","title":"A PRIZE ... FOR EDIE","description":"[Illustration]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _The Committee had, unquestionably, made a mistake. There\u003cbr\u003e    was no doubt that Edie had achieved the long-sought cancer\u003cbr\u003e    cure ... but awarding the Nobel Prize was, nonetheless, a\u003cbr\u003e    mistake ..._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe letter from America arrived too late. The Committee had regarded\u003cbr\u003eacceptance as a foregone conclusion, for no one since Boris Pasternak\u003cbr\u003ehad turned down a Nobel Prize. So when Professor Doctor Nels Christianson\u003cbr\u003eopened the letter, there was not the slightest fear on his part, or on that\u003cbr\u003eof his fellow committeemen, Dr. Eric Carlstrom and Dr. Sven Eklund, that\u003cbr\u003ethe letter would be anything other than the usual routine acceptance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At last we learn the identity of this great research worker,\" Christianson\u003cbr\u003emurmured as he scanned the closely typed sheets. Carlstrom and Eklund\u003cbr\u003ewaited impatiently, wondering at the peculiar expression that fixed itself\u003cbr\u003eon Christianson's face. Fine beads of sweat appeared on the professor's\u003cbr\u003ehigh narrow forehead as he laid the letter down. \"Well,\" he said heavily,\u003cbr\u003e\"now we know.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Know what?\" Eklund demanded. \"What does it say? Does she accept?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"She accepts,\" Christianson said in a peculiar half-strangled tone as he\u003cbr\u003epassed the letter to Eklund. \"See for yourself.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEklund's reaction was different. His face was a mottled reddish white as\u003cbr\u003ehe finished the letter and handed it across the table to Carlstrom. \"Why,\"\u003cbr\u003ehe demanded of no one in particular, \"did this have to happen to us?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It was bound to happen sometime,\" Carlstrom said. \"It's just our\u003cbr\u003emisfortune that it happened to us.\" He chuckled as he passed the letter\u003cbr\u003eback to Christianson. \"At least this year the presentation should be an\u003cbr\u003eevent worth remembering.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It seems that we have a little problem,\" Christianson said, making what\u003cbr\u003ewould probably be the understatement of the century. Possibly there would\u003cbr\u003ebe greater understatements in the remaining ninety-nine years of the\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-first Century, but Carlstrom doubted it. \"We certainly have our\u003cbr\u003enecks out,\" he agreed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We can't do it!\" Eklund exploded. \"We simply can't award the Nobel Prize\u003cbr\u003ein medicine and physiology to that ... that _C. Edie_!\" He sputtered into\u003cbr\u003esilence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We can hardly do anything else,\" Christianson said. \"There's no\u003cbr\u003equestion as to the identity of the winner. Dr. Hanson's letter makes\u003cbr\u003ethat unmistakably clear. And there's no question that the award is\u003cbr\u003edeserved.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073866449136,"sku":"2940014094252","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014094252_p0.jpg?v=1763600514","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014094252","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}