Table of Contents

Introduction (M Sohlman); Life and Philosophy of Alfred Nobel (T Frangsmyr); The Nobel Foundation: A Century of Growth and Change (B Lemmel); Nomination and Selection of the Nobel Laureates (B Lemmel); The Nobel Prize in Physics (E B Karlsson); The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry (B G Malmstrom & B Andersson); The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (J Lindsten & N Ringertz); The Nobel Prize in Literature (K Espmark); The Nobel Peace Prize (G Lundestad); The Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2000 (A Lindbeck).