As I explain in my lectures about Alfred Nobel, the inventor and entrepreneur has left a lasting legacy with the annual prizes he established in 1901 for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine ...

Seated: Jerome Karle (1985) and Roald Hoffman (1981). Alfred Nobel, the reclusive inventor of dynamite, probably had little idea of the explosive impact his posthumous wishes would have on society.

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 ...

In his handwritten will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that “no ... One of his first inventions was the Nobel lighter, a method of discharging nitroglycerine with a percussion spark; from the lighter ...

The annual Nobel Prizes must “stand up” for scientific learning and free inquiry in an age when both are under growing threat ...

Since 1901, the Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organisations for work that has led to great advances for humankind, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. Here are ...

ANNALS OF SCIENCE about Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and about Taliaferro Preston Shaffner, an American inventor, promoter, author, and adventurer, who was to be the cause of some of Nobel ...

John Nash at Novel Prize Ceremony. Alicia Nash. Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrial giant and inventor, did not include economics when he put together his 1894 will and created prizes in physics ...

Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been awarded to individuals and organisations for work leading to great advances for humanity, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. Ahead of the ...

The prizes founded by dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel must embody “freedom of thought” and the “ability for scientists to work freely without restrictions,” she added. The Nobel Prizes for ...