{"product_id":"2940169074239","title":"The Nobel Prize in 1908","description":"The Nobel Prizes are international awards bestowed once a year by Scandinavian committees for cultural and scientific advances. They were established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Laureats of 1908 were:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ein Physics:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGabriel Lippmann (1845 - 1921)\u003c\/i\u003e for \"his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference\";\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ein Chemistry:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eErnest Rutherford (1871 - 1937)\u003c\/i\u003e for \"his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances\";\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ein Physiology or Medicine:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIlya Ilyich Mechnikoff (1845 - 1916)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePaul Ehrlich (1854-1915)\u003c\/i\u003e \"in recognition of their work on immunity\";\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ein Literature:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eRudolf Christoph Eucken (1846 - 1926)\u003c\/i\u003e \"in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life\";\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ein Peace:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eKlas Pontus Arnoldson (1844 - 1916)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFredrik Bajer (1837 - 1922)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This multilingual collection (in Danish, English, French, German, and Swedish) contains the presentation speeches for the Laureats, their biographies, as well as the \"Nobel lectures\" by the Laureats. (Summary by Availle and Wikipedia)","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168868712688,"sku":"2940169074239","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169074239_p0.jpg?v=1763671247","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169074239","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}