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2005 Nobel Prize Winners
by Ann-Marie Breaux, Sr. Manager, Academic Services Development

"Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures--in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

A few weeks ago the Nobel Foundation announced its 2005 Prize winners. NPR focused on a different winner each day. As I listened to the accomplishments of these scientists, economists, writers, and humanitarians, I learned a bit about subjects as wide-ranging as elegant chemical reactions, peptic ulcers, and game theory as applied to economic cooperation. YBP would like to salute the life work of these 2005 Nobel winners and offer an inaugural listing of related works.*

For your convenience a list of the award winning titles mentioned is available in an MS Excel spreadsheet. click here

The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Robert J. Aumann (Center for Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) and Thomas C. Schelling (Department of Economics and School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, USA) for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis. Why do some groups of individuals, organizations and countries succeed in promoting cooperation while others suffer from conflict? The work of Robert Aumann and Thomas Schelling has established game theory - or interactive decision theory - as the dominant approach to this age-old question. Against the backdrop of the nuclear arms race in the late 1950s, Thomas Schelling's book The Strategy of Conflict set forth his vision of game theory as a unifying framework for the social sciences.

COLLECTED PAPERS; V. I

AUTHOR: AUMANN, ROBERT J.

PUBLISHER: MIT PRESS

$70.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0262011549

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COLLECTED PAPERS; V. 2

AUTHOR: AUMANN, ROBERT J.

PUBLISHER: MIT PRESS

$70.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0262011557

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HANDBOOK OF GAME THEORY WITH ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS; V. 1; ED. BY ROBERT J. AUMANN

PUBLISHER: NORTH HOLLAND

$135.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0444880984

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HANDBOOK OF GAME THEORY WITH ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS; V. 2; ED. BY ROBERT J. AUMANN

PUBLISHER: NORTH HOLLAND

$135.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0444894276

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HANDBOOK OF GAME THEORY WITH ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS; V. 3; ED. BY ROBERT J. AUMANN

PUBLISHER: NORTH HOLLAND

$135.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0444894284

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REPEATED GAMES WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION

AUTHOR: AUMANN, ROBERT J.

PUBLISHER: MIT PRESS

$70.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0262011476

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STRATEGIES OF COMMITMENT AND OTHER ESSAYS

AUTHOR: SCHELLING, THOMAS C.

PUBLISHER: HARVARD UNIV PRESS

$39.95 CLOTH

ISBN: 0674019296

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STRATEGY OF CONFLICT

AUTHOR: SCHELLING, THOMAS C.

PUBLISHER: HARVARD UNIV. PRESS

$21.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0674840313

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THOMAS SCHELLING AND THE NUCLEAR AGE: STRATEGY AS SOCIAL SCIENCE

AUTHOR: AYSON, ROBERT.

PUBLISHER: FRANK CASS

$115.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0714655163

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TOPICS IN MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS AND GAME THEORY: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF ROBERT J. AUMANN; ED. BY MYRNA

PUBLISHER: AMER MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

$85.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0821805258

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The Nobel Peace Prize
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General, Mohamed El Baradei, for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way.

CHINA, ARMS CONTROL, AND NONPROLIFERATION

AUTHOR: FRIEMAN, WENDY.

PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGECURZON

$115.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0415700310

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CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNITED NATIONS; ED. BY HELMUT VOLGER

PUBLISHER: KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL

$252.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 9041118659

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CONTROLLING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: AN EVALUATION OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY REGIME

AUTHOR: PARKER, CHARLES F.

PUBLISHER: UPPSALA UNIV PRESS

$49.50 PAPER

ISBN: 915545111X

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CORNERSTONES OF SECURITY: ARMS CONTROL TREATIES IN THE NUCLEAR ERA

AUTHOR: GRAHAM, THOMAS JR., 1933-

PUBLISHER: UNIV OF WASHINGTON PRESS

$125.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0295982969

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GRAVEST DANGER: NUCLEAR WEAPONS

AUTHOR: DRELL, SIDNEY D. (SIDNEY DAVID), 1926-

PUBLISHER: HOOVER INSTITUTION PRESS

$15.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0817944729

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HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY: THE FIRST FORTY YEARS

PUBLISHER: INT'L ATOMIC ENERGY

$55.00 PAPER

ISBN: 9201023979

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Yves Chauvin (Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil-Malmaison, France), Robert H. Grubbs (California Institute of Technology, USA), and Richard R. Schrock (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis. This year's Nobel Prize Laureates in chemistry have made metathesis into one of organic chemistry's most important reactions. Fantastic opportunities have been created for producing many new molecules - pharmaceuticals, for example. Imagination will soon be the only limit to what molecules can be built!

ALKENE METATHESIS IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; ED. BY A. FURSTNER

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER-VERLAG

$115.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 3540642544

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HANDBOOK OF METATHESIS; ED. BY ROBERT H. GRUBBS

PUBLISHER: WILEY-VCH

$650.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 3527306161

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METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION; ED. BY MICHAEL R. BUCHMEISER

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER

$139.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 354023358X

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METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION OF OLEFINS AND POLYMERIZATION OF ALKYNES; ED. BY YAVUZ IMAMOGLU

PUBLISHER: KLUWER ACADEMIC

$214.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0792349415

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NOVEL METATHESIS CHEMISTRY: WELL-DEFINED INITIATOR SYSTEMS FOR SPECIALTY CHEMICAL...; ED

PUBLISHER: KLUWER ACADEMIC

$160.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 1402015704

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The Nobel Prize in Literature
The English writer Harold Pinter, who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms. Pinter made his playwriting debut in 1957 with The Room, presented in Bristol. His conclusive breakthrough came with The Caretaker (1959), followed by The Homecoming (1964) and other plays. It is said of Harold Pinter that following an initial period of psychological realism he proceeded to a second, more lyrical phase with plays such as Landscape (1967) and Silence (1968) and finally to a third, political phase with One for the Road (1984), Mountain Language (1988), The New World Order (1991) and other plays. In fact, the continuity in his work is remarkable, and his political themes can be seen as a development of the early Pinter's analyzing of threat and injustice. Since 1973, Pinter has won recognition as a fighter for human rights, alongside his writing. He has often taken stands seen as controversial. Pinter has also written radio plays and screenplays for film and television. Among his best-known screenplays are those for The Servant (1963), The Accident (1967), The Go-Between (1971) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981).

ABOUT PINTER: THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THE WORK

AUTHOR: BATTY, MARK.

PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER

$17.25 PAPER

ISBN: 0571220053

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ASHES TO ASHES

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD, 1930-

PUBLISHER: GROVE

$12.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0802135102

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CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO HAROLD PINTER; ED. BY PETER RABY

PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

$70.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0521651239

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COLLECTED SCREENPLAYS 1: THE SERVANT/THE PUMPKIN EATER/THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM/ACCIDENT/THE LAST

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD, 1930-

PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER

$37.42 PAPER

ISBN: 0571203191

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COLLECTED SCREENPLAYS 2: THE GO-BETWEEN/THE PROUST SCREENPLAY/VICTORY/TURTLE DIARY/REUNION

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD, 1930-

PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER

$37.42 PAPER

ISBN: 0571203248

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COLLECTED SCREENPLAYS 3: THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN/THE HEAT OF THE DAY/THE COMFORT OF...;

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD, 1930-

PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER

$37.42 PAPER

ISBN: 0571207332

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DEATH ETC

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD, 1930-

PUBLISHER: GROVE

$14.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0802142257

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FILMS OF HAROLD PINTER

AUTHOR: GALE, STEVEN H. (ED.)

PUBLISHER: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PR

$65.50 CLOTH

ISBN: 0791449319

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HAROLD PINTER AND THE LANGUAGE OF CULTURAL POWER

AUTHOR: SILVERSTEIN, MARC, 1961-

PUBLISHER: BUCKNELL UNIV PRESS

$35.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0838752365

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HAROLD PINTER AND THE TWILIGHT OF MODERNISM

AUTHOR: BEGLEY, VARUN.

PUBLISHER: UNIV OF TORONTO PRESS

$55.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0802038875

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HAROLD PINTER: COLLECTED POEMS AND PROSE

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD, 1930- .

PUBLISHER: GROVE

$10.89 PAPER

ISBN: 0802134343

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HOMECOMING

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD.

PUBLISHER: FABER & FABER LTD.

$0.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0571160808

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PINTER AND THE OBJECT OF DESIRE: AN APPROACH THROUGH THE SCREENPLAYS

AUTHOR: RENTON, LINDA.

PUBLISHER: LEGENDA

$55.00 PAPER

ISBN: 190075553X

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PINTER AT 70: A CASEBOOK; ED. BY LOIS GORDON

PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE

$29.95 PAPER

ISBN: 0415936306

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PINTER IN THE THEATRE; ED. BY IAN SMITH

PUBLISHER: NICK HERN

$28.34 CLOTH

ISBN: 1854598368

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PINTER THE PLAYWRIGHT

AUTHOR: ESSLIN, MARTIN.

PUBLISHER: METHUEN

$15.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0413668606

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VARIOUS VOICES: PROSE, POETRY, POLITICS 1948-2005

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD

PUBLISHER: FABER

$0.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0571230091

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WAR

AUTHOR: PINTER, HAROLD, 1930-

PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER

$0.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0571221319

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The Nobel Prize in Physics
Roy J. Glauber (Harvard University, USA) for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence and one-half jointly to John L. Hall (JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) and Theodor W. Hänsch (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany) for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique.

COHERENCE AND STATISTICS OF PHOTONS AND ATOMS

AUTHOR: PERINA, JAN, 1936- (ED.)

PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY

$93.95 CLOTH

ISBN: 0471388610

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FEW-CYCLE LASER PULSE GENERATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS; ED. BY FRANZ X. KARTNER

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER

$229.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 3540201157

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FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND FUTURE TRENDS

AUTHOR: LUITEN, ANDRE N., 1968- (ED.)

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER-VERLAG

$189.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 3540676945

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INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN APPLIED OPTICS; ED. BY ARTHUR H. GUENTHER

PUBLISHER: SPIE

$88.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 081944510X

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LASER SPECTROSCOPY: BASIC CONCEPTS AND INSTRUMENTATION

AUTHOR: DEMTRODER, W.

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER-VERLAG

$119.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 3540652256

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OPTICAL COHERENCE AND QUANTUM OPTICS

AUTHOR: MANDEL, LEONARD.

PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

$70.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0521417112

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OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND COHERENCE TECHNIQUES; ED. BY WOLFGANG DREXLER

PUBLISHER: INTL SOC OF OPTICAL ENG

$90.00 PAPER

ISBN: 0819450103

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PRINCIPLES OF THE QUANTUM CONTROL OF MOLECULAR PROCESSES

AUTHOR: SHAPIRO, MOSHE.

PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY

$105.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0471241849

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SELECTED PAPERS ON FUNDAMENTALS OF QUANTUM OPTICS:ED. BY GARISH AGARWAL

PUBLISHER: SPIE-INT'L. SOC. FOR

$110.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0819417173

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Barry J. Marshall (University of Western Australia) and J. Robin Warren (Perth, Australia) for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. This year's Nobel Laureates made the remarkable and unexpected discovery that inflammation in the stomach (gastritis) as well as ulceration of the stomach or duodenum (peptic ulcer disease) is the result of an infection of the stomach caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori.

ACID RELATED DISEASES: BIOLOGY AND TREATMENT

AUTHOR: MODLIN, IRVIN M.

PUBLISHER: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WIL

$99.00 CLOTH

ISBN: 0781741238

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HELICOBACTER PIONEERS: FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS FROM THE SCIENTISTS WHO DISCOVERED...; ED. BY BARRY

PUBLISHER: BLACKWELL

$58.95 CLOTH

ISBN: 0867930357

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HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN PEPTIC ULCERATION AND GASTRITIS; ED. BY BARRY J. MARSHALL

PUBLISHER: BLACKWELL SCIENTIFIC

$59.95 CLOTH

ISBN: 0865421080

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HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION: NEW FACTS--NEW VIEWS; ED. BY PETER MALFERTHEINER

PUBLISHER: KARGER

$39.25 PAPER

ISBN: 3805572581

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HELICOBACTER PYLORI: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY; ED. BY MARK ACHTMAN

PUBLISHER: HORIZON SCIENTIFIC PRESS

$179.99 CLOTH

ISBN: 1898486255

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HELICOBACTER PYLORI: PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS

AUTHOR: MOBLEY, HARRY L.T. (ED.)

PUBLISHER: AMER SOC FOR MICROBIOLOGY

$129.95 CLOTH

ISBN: 1555812139

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*All prize descriptions quoted from the press releases on the Nobel website: http://nobelprize.org.