nobel

Clarin : Revista De Nueva Literatura
$87.40

Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners
$39.95
Starting with a comprehensive chapter about Alfred Nobel (his life and great achievements). Then the history of 'The Prize' and it's attribues (institutions / academy).

$1,000,000 = clearly none of the nobel winners dare cared about that. But that $ freed each to pursue their passion without external $ influence. After reading the various selected profiles of nobel laureates you appreciate their individual zeal and drive.

Beautifully concise presentations of the investigators and their theories, ideas, and discoveries:
Koch = tuberculosis
T.S. Eliot = poetry
Carrel = transplantation
Marquez = literary magic
Gide = the human condition
Cassin = the rights of man

Mandela - Walesa, Carter - King, Gorbachev - Gore. The list of whos who above all whos who lists. And of course the queen and king = Mother Teresa and Einstein.

Apartheid, finance, carbon 14, semiconductors, DNA, green earth. The list of nobel worthy information goes on and on.

A fantastic gift book for that hard to buy 'intellectual' friend.

Nobel Son
$18.98

Nobel Super Lemon Hard Candy - 2.6 Oz
$2.79
First off, my 4-star rating is for people who WANT an extremely sour candy. On a more objective scale this candy would easily rank zero or one stars. I have heard this described as "disgusting stuff" and for most people, this would surely be the case.

Nobel Super Lemon is often cited as "the most sour candy in the world," so it seemed like the ideal gift for my old boss -- who loves sour candy and has impossible standards. He thought it was adequately sour, but he claims to have eaten candies that are stronger. I'm less of a sour-candy fanatic, and found it to be extremely sour. It makes my saliva glands sore and I wince in intense discomfort. My mouth is instantly flooded with drool and my speech is impaired for a short while.

All candies of this type appear to be normal hard candies with a thin layer of sour dust on them. This means, of course, that the extreme sourness only lasts a few seconds before you are sucking on a generic lemon-flavored hard candy.

Comparing this to other extremely sour candies I've tried, however, I can't say that this one is obviously any more sour. Mega Warheads are about the same. However, if you've tried Tearjerkers Extra Sour Gum, this definitely goes a step beyond that. Skittles and other "tangy" fruit candy would not be considered sour at all in comparison.

For people in North America, Mega Warheads are basically the same product, but at a better value. Mega Warheads also come in a package with candies of different flavors, making for a marginally more interesting product.