Alfred Nobel, famously known as the 'dynamite king ... Among his most notable inventions was dynamite, used in both ...

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 ...

In December 1896, Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, inventor and industrialist, died. He was 63 years old. He left behind no wife or children. What he did leave was money. A lot of money.

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21 ... he held pacifist beliefs and envisioned that his inventions could ultimately bring about peace. He famously expressed a desire to “see the end of war ...

The prize has been running since 1901 and when Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, left around 31 million Swedish crowns to fund the awards and to cover the cost of financial recompense for ...

The honor is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in 1895. The others are prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine, as well as the Nobel ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics." The prize has been ...

Sponsor Message The physics prize carries a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) from a bequest left by the award's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. It has been awarded 117 ...