[Nobel Prize winners]

Discusses eight inventions or discoveries (X ray, radio, EKG, phase contrast microscope, transistor, radiocarbon dating, laser, and CT scan) which brought the Nobel prize to their developers.

Profiles of nine Nobel Peace Prize winners who fought for peace by resisting violence through words, marches, and protests.

Describes some of the major medical discoveries, such as the cure for tuberculosis and the cause of malaria, made by researchers who were eventually awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.