Alfred Nobel, famously known as the 'dynamite king,' seemed an unlikely figure to establish a peace prize. His family had a ...

Nitroglycerin, the highly volatile chemical compound at the center of dynamite, was originally discovered by Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero in 1846. But when the “oily substance exploded in his face ...

The hard part is getting anyone to care. Alfred Nobel, a businessman who made his fortune selling dynamite and explosives in the 19th century, was not an obvious candidate to become the namesake ...

The economics prize is formally known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The central bank established it in 1968 as a memorial to Nobel, the 19th-century ...

And they started because of this guy, Alfred Nobel. He was an engineer and inventor who was born in Sweden in 1833. One of his most famous inventions was dynamite. It was really useful for ...

While all Nobel Prizes are awarded in Sweden, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway. This was Nobel's specific wish, though no one is entirely sure why he wanted it this way ...

Fall has arrived in Scandinavia, which means Nobel Prize season is here. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in Stockholm and Oslo to announce the winners of the yearly ...

The Nobel Prizes were established by the 1895 will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. First handed out in 1901, they are awarded to those who — during the previous ...

The economics award is not one of the original prizes for science, literature and peace created in the will of dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel and first awarded in 1901, but a later ...