Nitro-glycerine was found to be too highly explosive for general practical use, and its discoverer, Nobel, invented dynamite as a safer form. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

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 ...

He held more than 300 patents but his claim to fame before the Nobel Prizes was having invented dynamite by mixing nitroglycerine with a compound that made the explosive more stable. Dynamite soon ...

The Nobel Prize was established following the will of the Swedish businessman, dynamite inventor and philanthropist Alfred ...

More than 300 people, including US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize ...