As I explain in my lectures about Alfred Nobel, the inventor and entrepreneur has left a lasting legacy with the annual ...

Does an invention help people or hurt people? Can an invention do both? Let us look at an example: the invention of dynamite by Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist. While Nobel was in ...

In his handwritten will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that “no ... One of his first inventions was the Nobel lighter, a method of discharging nitroglycerine with a percussion spark; from the lighter ...

Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, bequeathed his fortune to fund the prizes, which are worth 11 million Swedish krona (roughly $1 million). Recent winners include Katalin Karikó and ...

The ceremonies take place on December 10, the day that Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, the award’s founder and funder, died.

John Nash at Novel Prize Ceremony. Alicia Nash. Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrial giant and inventor, did not include economics when he put together his 1894 will and created prizes in physics ...