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    Nov 28, 2023 · Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and other explosives. He used his enormous fortune from 355 patents to institute the Nobel Prizes. Published: Nov 28, 2023

  2. Apr 27, 2020 · Alfred Nobel (October 21, 1833–December 10, 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, businessman, and philanthropist best remembered for inventing dynamite. Paradoxically, Nobel spent most of his adult life creating ever more powerful explosives, while writing poetry and drama, and advocating for world peace.

  3. Nobel, the man who had tried to make handling explosives safe for workmen, was deeply troubled by the destructiveness of his inventions and became concerned with establishing worldwide peace. Nobel died in 1896, leaving his considerable estate as an endowment for annual awards in chemistry, physics, medicine or physiology, literature, and peace ...

  4. Alfred Nobel, (born Oct. 21, 1833, Stockholm, Swed.—died Dec. 10, 1896, San Remo, Italy), Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist. His attempts to find a safe way to handle nitroglycerin resulted in the invention of dynamite and the blasting cap.

  5. On it he obtained the first of a total of 355 patents. It marked the first step on the road to what was to prove his greatest success: the invention of dynamite. Alfred Nobel patented the nitroglycerine-based explosive dynamite in 1867.

  6. Why did Alfred Nobel — a scientist and the inventor of dynamite — create a prize for peace? Rumour has it that he felt guilty about his invention being used in weapons production. But the truth lies elsewhere and is named Bertha von Suttner.

  7. Oct 5, 2017 · Alfred Nobel, creator of the famous Nobel Prizes, was a paradox: An arms dealer in life, Nobel decided in death to use his dynamite fortune to fund a peaceful foundation. By Juan José Sánchez...

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