Table of Contents

Alfred Nobel: The Man, his Will, and his Prizes; The Peace Prize - A Survey; Fredrik Bajer (1908): "The Duty to Make Peace"; The Literature Prize - A Survey; Karl Gjellerup and Henrik Pontoppidan (1917): An Odd Couple; Johannes V. Jensen (1944): "... a good enough poet and, nowadays, a good enough human being ..."; The Physics and Chemistry Prizes - A Survey; Jens Christian Skou (1997): Research on the Periphery; The Physiology or Medicine Prize - A Survey; Niels R. Finsen (1903): Banishing Darkness and Disease; August Krogh (1920): "Scientist Explains the Blushing of Girls"; Johannes Fibiger (1926): Backing the Wrong Horse?; Henrik Dam (1943): The Anonymous Laureate; Niels Kaj Jerne (1984): "A Nobel Prize is no Guarantee Against the Anxiety of Being Forgotten"; Summary and Conclusions.