Alfred Nobel, famously known as the 'dynamite king,' seemed an unlikely figure to establish a peace prize. His family had a history tied to war; his father, Immanuel, built armaments and mines for ...
In 1888, after a French newspaper mistakenly published Alfred Nobel's obituary, calling him 'The merchant of death', Nobel was deeply unsettled by the portrayal. Concerned about his legacy, this ...
Every time the Nobel Prizes are handed out, the scientific community takes a moment to reflect ... There was widespread surprise when news of Alfred Nobel’s donation of a peace award emerged after his ...
peace and economics will follow, with one announcement every weekday until October 9. The Nobel Prizes were created by Alfred Nobel, a 19th-century businessman and chemist from Sweden. He held ...
In accordance with Alfred Nobel's will, the prize celebrates ‘those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind’. Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or ...
The beginning of his life as a Nobel laureate in chemistry had to wait until morning. He was still in his pajamas when the first journalist got him on the phone. He scolded her for asking whether he ...