Viereinhalb Jahre lang reiste der Berliner Fotograf Peter Badge um die Welt und traf alle 260 noch lebenden Nobelpreisträger. Das Resultat dieses einmaligen Projekts ist ein beeindruckender Bildband mit schlichten Schwarzweiß-Porträts, ergänzt durch die jeweilige Kurzbiographie.

Portraits of Nobel Laureates over the past two decades German photographer Peter Badge (born 1974) has been traveling the world since 2000 for this comprehensive project. More than 400 encounters have now provided him with incomparable insight into the worlds of those who "have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind"--as Alfred Nobel described it in his last will and testament. This book is, however, much more than the mere "making of" of a long-term photographic undertaking. Ingenious Encounters reflects on the personalities, achievements and lives of the laureates from a unique perspective, both unusual and fascinating. Badge's impressive accounts of his experiences have been compiled and penned by author Sandra Zarrinbal to create a captivating book that defies categorization--as authentic as a diary, as informative as a work of popular science, as thrilling as an adventure documentary, as touching as a bildungsroman and as amusing as a celebrity biography.

Mit Biografien der Preisträger und Texten zum Nobelpreis

Mae'r llyfr hwn yn egluro - ac yn darlunio - y gwahaniaeth rhwng cwryglau ar afonydd Cymru a Lloegr, gan edrych ar fersiynau'r Albanwyr a'r Gwyddelod ar y grefft, a hefyd ar gwryglau yn Ewrop, y Dwyrain Canol ac Asia - yn arbennig yn Fietnam, yr unig fan yn y byd lle mae'r cwrwgl yn ffynnu. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Who are the faces behind chemistry? This volume presents portraits of all living Chemistry Nobel Laureates by the acclaimed photographer Peter Badge. Printed in high quality with an introduction by Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover, the book invites reflection on the human aspect of science and on the personalities behind the most important developments in chemistry in the last decades. As a celebration of the chemist it is the ideal book to dignify the international year of chemistry.