In David Gilbert's novel &amp; Sons, this man established a secret society called the Palingeneticists to keep DNA samples of geniuses until mankind had successfully developed cloning technology.  
In David Gilbert's novel &amp; Sons, this man established a secret society called the Palingeneticists to keep DNA samples of geniuses until mankind had successfully developed cloning technology.  This man once worked in the United States for John Ericsson, the man who built the Monitor.  This businessman joined his father Immanuel in the service of the Russian Navy in the Crimean War.  His younger brother Emil perished in an accident at his factory.  He was able to (*) stabilize his best known invention by adding kieselguhr powder, obtained from a type of white rock.  This industrialist established an arms factory at Bofors.  One of his inventions consisted of a small quantity of mercury fulminate stuffed into a cap.  For 10 points, name this "Merchant of Death" who invented dynamite and used that fortune to fund a set of prizes.
In David Gilbert's novel &amp; Sons, this man established a secret society called the Palingeneticists to keep DNA samples of geniuses until mankind had successfully developed cloning technology.  
Alfred Bernhard Nobel