who is alfred nobel and what did he invent
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Who is Alfred Nobel and what did he invent? Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 - 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He is the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous.
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Albert Einstein Biography Who Was Albert Einstein? Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 to April 18, 1955) was a German mathematician and physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
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Alfred Nobel | 10 Facts On The Man Behind The Nobel Prizes Alfred Nobel died of a stroke on December 10, 1896, in San Remo, Italy. Though he had a few love relationships, he never married. Just before his death, he wrote a tragic play titled Nemesis. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, 5 years after his death. The synthetic element nobelium is named after him.
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Nobel Prize Facts Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize. On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes.
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History Alfred Nobel’s will declared that the Nobel Peace Prize was to be awarded by a committee of five persons selected by the Norwegian Storting (parliament). The Storting accepted the assignment in April 1897, and the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Storting was set up in August of the same year.
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- EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955), German-born American physicist and Nobel laureate, best known as the creator of the special and general theories of relativity and for his bold hypothesis concerning the particle nature of light. He is perhaps the most well-known scientist of the 20th century.
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- A New Jazz Culture. Throughout the 1920s, jazz music evolved into an integral part of American popular culture. The primitive jazz sound that had originated in New Orleans diversified, and thus appealed to people from every echelon of society. The effect of jazz music upon society can be depicted through a close examination of different aspects of popular culture.
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Where was dynamite invented? Answers. Best Answer: Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder. Nobel obtained patents for his invention: in England on 7 May 1867 and in Sweden on 19 October 1867.
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The History of Dynamite In 1863, Nobel invented the Nobel patent detonator or blasting cap for detonating nitroglycerin. The detonator used a strong shock rather than heat combustion to ignite the explosives. The Nobel Company built the first factory to manufacture nitroglycerin and dynamite. In 1867, Nobel received U.S. patent number 78,317 for his invention of dynamite. To be able to detonate the dynamite rods, Nobel also improved his detonator (blasting cap) so that it could be ignited by lighting a fuse.
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Alfred Kastler He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1966 for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms. He was president of the board of the Institut d'optique theorique théorique et appliquee appliquée and served as the first chairman of-the non (GOVERNMENTAL) Organization Ngo Action. against hunger
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History of the Nobel Prizes In 1888, when Alfred's brother Ludvig died, a French newspaper mistakenly ran an obituary for Alfred which called him the merchant of death.. Not wanting to go down in history with such a horrible epitaph, Nobel created a will that soon shocked his relatives and established the now famous Nobel Prizes.
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Albert Einstein Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.lbert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
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- 40 REVIEW [FALL 06] hen Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866, his intention was thatthe explosive would be used inconstruction. As a result of anaccident in his lab, he discovered a way to make nitroglycerin safer andless volatile to handle and it could be easilydetonated.
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Alfred Nobel Early Years. Nobel’s father, Immanuel, was a Swedish inventor-entrepreneur. When Alfred was still a young child, Immanuel relocated his business and family to St. Petersburg, Russia, where he supplied the Russian military with war matériel, including early underwater mines.
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Nobel Prize Facts Besides, the founder of the ICRC, Henry Dunant, was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. Linus Pauling is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes - the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel, in full Alfred Bernhard Nobel (born October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—died December 10, 1896, San Remo, Italy), Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist, who invented dynamite and other, more powerful explosives and who also founded the Nobel Prizes. 1  Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel and Caroline Nobel.
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Alfred Nobel 1833-1896 Known for: The inventor of dynamite and holder of 355 patents. Born: 21 October 1833. Died: 10 December 1896. Languages: Spoke five languages fluently at the age of 17. Professions: Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, entrepreneur, business man, author and pacifist.
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What is the story of the Nobel Prize? In 1888, Alfred Nobel's brother Ludvig died. The French media thought that it was Alfred Nobel who had died and ran an obituary titled, 'The Merchant of Death is Dead', since Nobel's invention of Dynamite caused many deaths. Worried on how he would be remembered, Nobel, in 1895, signed a will that set aside bulk of his wealth to establish the Nobel Prize.
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When was Dynamite invented? In 1866, a Swedish inventor, industrialist and chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and got U.S patent for dynamite in 1867.n 1866, a Swedish inventor, industrialist and chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and got U.S patent for dynamite in 1867.
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Alfred Nobel 1833-1896 Died: 10 December 1896. Languages: Spoke five languages fluently at the age of 17. Professions: Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, entrepreneur, business man, author and pacifist. Fortune: In his will he left 31 million SEK (today about 265 million dollar) to fund the prizes.
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Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize is the legacy of Sweden’s Alfred Nobel (1833–1896). Prizes are awarded to ‘those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.’ 10 December is Nobel Day, both in Sweden and in Norway.
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Svante Arrhenius Svante Arrhenius. Svante Arrhenius was a renowned Swedish chemist who was born in Wik Castle, Sweden in 1859. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1905.Although generally considered a chemist, Arrhenius was also keenly interested in physics, and is widely recognized as one of the fathers of physical chemistry.vante Arrhenius. Svante Arrhenius was a renowned Swedish chemist who was born in Wik Castle, Sweden in 1859. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1905.
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- But I digress.... Very quick rehash (review): 1  genotype = the genes of an organism; for one specific trait we use two letters to represent the genotype. 2  A capital letter represents the dominant form of a gene (allele), and a lowercase letter is the abbreviation for the recessive form of the gene (allele).ut I digress.... Very quick rehash (review): 1  genotype = the genes of an organism; for one specific trait we use two letters to represent the genotype. 2  A capital letter represents the dominant form of a gene (allele), and a lowercase letter is the abbreviation for the recessive form of the gene (allele).
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OTD: Lester Pearson awarded Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Prize – named after Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite – has been awarded since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature or peace. In 1968, a separate award for economics was created.
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Alfred Nobel -In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Prize is based on a donation received by the Nobel Foundation in 1968 from Sveriges Riksbank on the occasion of the Bank's 300th anniversary.
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The Nobel Peace Prize (Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel) Alfred Nobel was interested in social issues and was engaged in the peace movement. His acquaintance with Bertha von Suttner (who was later awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize) influenced his own views on peace.