Nobel Prizes started when one scientist chose to honor other innovators. Alfred Nobel, chemist and inventor of dynamite, left most of his fortune to create prizes for work that helps humans worldwide.

Alfred Nobel Invented Dynamite While living in Europe I knew many Scandinavians and found them particularly free from guile. The awarding of the Nobel Peace prize to Barack Obama makes me wonder ...

A lfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was sure his creation would help bring about the end of war. “When two armies of equal strength can annihilate each other in an instant,” he once wrote ...

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Your Royal Highnesses -- to all my friends, my family. This is obviously an extraordinary evening, and I must say -- I was ...

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most prestigious honours that can be awarded to individuals and organisations ...

Love undoubtedly had something to do with it, but most agree that the creation of the Nobel Prizes was one of history’s monumental acts of atonement.

Every Dec. 10 for the past 114 years, the eyes of the world have turned to Stockholm, Sweden, where the Nobel Prizes are formally awarded to the brilliant men and women who have made exemplary ...

Dynamite Plan Bolsters Myth: The Nobel, Towering Genius The Nobel Prize: A History of Genius, Controversy, and Prestige , by Burton Feldman. Arcade, 489 pages, $29.95.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Trump on Monday that he recommended him for the prestigious award, ...