From Alexei Abrikosov, the Russian-born physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the field of condensed matter physics, to
Rolf M. Zinkernagel, the Swiss immunologist who won for helping to discover the restriction of major histocompatibility complex antigens, this book presents 305 black and white photographic portraits of Nobel Prize winners in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, economics, peace, and literature.