Nobel Prize Day

Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times between 1937 and 1948. Nobel Prizes are rarely given posthumously, and upon his death in 1948 Gandhi was no longer considered eligible to receive the Prize. 

Over the past 120 years many remarkable people have been nominated for a Nobel Prize but never recognized as Nobel Laureates. Books celebrating some of these outstanding individuals are shared below.

Stacey's Extraordinary Words (Stacey #1) by Stacey Abrams

The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe by Sandra Nickel

Eleanor Makes Her Mark by Barbara Kerley

Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World by Dean Robbins

Greta and the Giants: Inspired by Greta Thunberg's Stand to Save the World by Zoë Tucker

Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World by Elizabeth Rusch

The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford by Suzanne Slade

Listening to the Stars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars (She Made History) by Jodie Parachini

Corazon Aquino (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Rosalind Franklin (Little People, Bid Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story by Arun Gandhi

When Cesar Chavez Climbed the Umbrella Tree (Leaders Doing Headstands) by Rachael Teresa Hanel

Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller (Big Words) by Doreen Rappaport

The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter

George's Secret Key to the Universe (George's Secret Key #1) by Stephen Hawking