Alfred Nobel
Chemist and Inventor
Brief Information
- Born: October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden
- Died: December 10, 1896 in San Remo, Italy
- Other Names: Nobel, Alfred Bernhard
- Nationality: Swedish
- Occupation: Chemist
Early Life
Invention of Dynamite
Aftermath
Legacy
Quotes
About Him:"Alfred Nobel's greatness lay in his ability to combine the penetrating mind of the scientist and inventor with the forward-looking dynamism of the industrialist."
Impact
Annotated Bibliography
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6."A prize Alfred Nobel never intended to give." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada] 16 Oct. 2013: B2.Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016.
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8.DE SNOO, GEERT, and JOERI BERTELS. "A Nobel Prize for Sustainability, Perhaps?" Science 294.5541 (2001): 303. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016.
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9,"The Fields Medal is the greatest prize in maths; Alfred Nobel's failure to create a mathematics prize has long bothered mathematicians." Telegraph Online 13 Aug. 2014. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016.
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10.Jackson, Donald Dale. "While he expected the worst, Nobel hoped for the best; the inventor of dynamite was a gloomy skeptic who left a legacy that honors achievement." Smithsonian Nov. 1988: 201+. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016.
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