David Pratt
Non-Fiction
“A fanatic is the one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” “My ambition is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that it will fit easily on the front of a T-shirt.” “Let us not then speak ill of our generation, it is not any unhappier than its predecessors. Let us not speak well of it either. Let us not speak of it at all.” “Instead of telling girls to cover their hair, we should teach them to use their heads.” Ullstein German 2009
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The Impossible Takes LongerThe 1000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize WinnersFor more than 100 years it has been the ultimate prize – the hallmark of genius. The Nobel Prize has honored writers such as Yeats, Faulkner, Beckett, and Naipaul and peacemakers like the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela. Nobel science laureates have given us X-rays, penicillin, Prozac and polio vaccine. They comprise a club of the planet’s best and brightest. From the Nobel’s extraordinary collection of talent, David L. Pratt has carefully selected 1,000 unforgettable quotations and presented them in a unique and compelling way. Here are some of the world’s clearest minds on subjects like: Achievement and Failure; Work; Faith; Truth; Lies; Ideals; Death; Money; Emotions; the Meaning of Life -- and even on what it’s like to win the Nobel Prize. David Pratt is Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University in Canada, where he taught from 1969 to 1997. He was educated at the universities of Oxford, Harvard, and Toronto. He has published five books including two books on education (Harcourt), both of which sold world-wide. He lives in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. |