But life wasn't always so illustrious for Alfred Nobel. According to Ingrid Carlberg's biography of Nobel, he had a tough ...

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833, and his transition from arms manufacturer to founder of the Nobel Prize is intriguing. Known as the 'dynamite king,' he emerged from a family with ties ...

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The Nobel Prize is named after Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur, scientist, businessman, writer and poet. Nobel’s will stipulated that his fortune should be used to ...

Does an invention help people or hurt people? Can an invention do both? Let us look at an example: the invention of dynamite by Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist. While Nobel was in ...

Romer received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel “for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.” He shared the prize with ...

The prize carries a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The laureates are invited to receive their ...

Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this ...

The future Nobel laureate was born Alfred Goodman Gilman in Connecticut in July 1941. His father was Dr. Alfred Zack Gilman, a Yale University professor and researcher who was respected throughout ...

It said the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo is securely anchored in Alfred Nobel’s will to honor those who have performed the greatest or most outstanding activities ...

There will be a ceremony and banquet for her and the other laureates on Tuesday Nov. 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. Notre Dame reopens its doors to Macron and other world leaders ...