As I explain in my lectures about Alfred Nobel, the inventor and entrepreneur has left a lasting legacy with the annual prizes he established in 1901 for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine ...

Seated: Jerome Karle (1985) and Roald Hoffman (1981). Alfred Nobel, the reclusive inventor of dynamite, probably had little idea of the explosive impact his posthumous wishes would have on society.

Since 1901, the Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organisations for work that has led to great advances for humankind, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. Here are ...

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 ...

Smith for “the invention of an imaging semiconductor ... Indeed, this is fully consistent with Alfred Nobel's testament, where “innovations” are explicitly included. In the translation ...

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 ...

Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been awarded to individuals and organisations for work leading to great advances for humanity, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. Ahead of the ...

The prizes founded by dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel must embody “freedom of thought” and the “ability for scientists to work freely without restrictions”, she added. The Nobel Prizes for ...

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 ...