Explosions are underestimated daily and can ruin a person’s ability to do simple tasks like walking or thinking for themselves. This wasn’t any different for the people of the eighteen hundreds. In fact, it was more prone to happen. Miners in the eighteen hundreds had to rely on the weak gunpowder or unstable Nitroglycerin for their explosives. Then came Alfred Nobel. Nobel had a long life, debateable leadership, invented dynamite, created dynamite for safety, made up the Nobel Prizes and shows the all out inspiration for explosives. Alfred Nobel’s life was very lonely and dark. Nobel’s childhood consisted of moving and top-notch education, claims Nobelprize.org. Nobel was born in Sweden and moved to St. Petersburg, Russia because of bankruptcy. …show more content…
Livescience.com and Inventers.about.com both tell of how Nobel invented dynamite. He took Nitroglycerin, a very volatile explosive, and combined it with diatomaceous. Diatomaceous means, essentially, silica remains. After you combine them, it makes a paste. This paste is called dynamite. It is so malleable that it could be shaped into short sticks and put in drilling holes for mining. Nobel’s legacy was originally shaped by this invention of dynamite. Howstuffworks.com and chemistryislife.com ask people so, how does dynamite work? The chemical compounds of Nitroglycerin (4 C3H5(ONO2)3 = 12 CO2 + 10 H2O + 6 N2 + O2) and Diatomaceous (SiO2 Al2 O3 Fe2 O3) combine and make dynamite! Dynamite’s legacy doesn’t stop at it’s use, but on how it works. Dynamite’s work is independent from other explosives. So, according to mentalfloss.com, TNT and dynamite aren’t the same thing. TNT was invented by Joseph Willbrand. Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel. TNT is a less powerful but more stable version of dynamite. The two inventors of these explosives share different leadership and legacy. These two men’s history is very different from each other. Why did Nobel create …show more content…
Nobel had already died when his prizes took action. Livescience.com tells that Nobel had made five prizes. The population was shocked by this, claims Nobelprize.org. The Nobel Prizes fixed Nobel’s shattered legacy. Brainpickings.org says that there are five different types of Nobel Prizes. Alfred Nobel’s will wrote that he would take all the money from his estate into five prizes. One goes to a person who has made the most important discovery or invention in the field of physics. Another prize would be given to a person who made the most important chemical discovery or improvement. Another would go to a person who makes the most important discovery in the domain of physiology or medicine. One would also go to a person who has produced in the field of literature to the most outstanding work and ideal direction. Lastly, a prize would be given to a person who establishes peace for a long period of time. These prizes would make a legacy. Nobel’s legacy is still used today. Nobelprize.org claims that the Nobel PEACE Prize, from 2000 to 2014, was awarded to two countries, four agencies/organizations and seventeen people. That is only one of the Nobel Prizes, too. Since 1896, people have been getting these prizes. One man’s legacy can create future legacies for future people. Nobel’s legacy was also created by other
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, New York in the United States. Theodore was the second child of four children in a wealthy, upper-class family. Theodore’s father was a businessman and philanthropist. Theodore’s mother was also born from an affluent family. Starting at a very early age, Theodore suffered from a heavy case of asthma and had horrible eyesight throughout his whole life. He did a lot of physical activity and developed a very strong physique. Despite physical barriers, Theodore had a very strong outlook on life and was very strong physically and mentally. Theodore was also very intelligent and he attended Harvard College and Columbia Law School.
Elie wiesel born sep 30 1928 in sighet , Transylvania. Elie wiesel overcame many things in his life . But one of the things are fear that he will die also there was starvation that took place and that is the most terriblest thing that can happen. Also there was death of the many jews and his mother and sisters. These adversities made Wiesel become the man he is today; he is truly a humanitarian.
Andrew Carnegie was born into a middle class family, he was born November 25, 1835 in Scotland, and died August 11,1919. When Andrew Carnegie was just a child his country was going through economic problems. The economic problems caused many people to find jobs, and which affected his father. They had to make a decision to move to the united states,he was 12 years when he start to work in a cotton factory as a bobbin boy. When Andrew Carnegie was 14 he became a messenger for the telegraph, he was a such a good messenger that he became Thomas Scott personal secretary, and telegraph in 1855. In document A, you can read about him, when he was young.
Elie Wiesel was a young boy, when his life changed drastically. He was born in Sighet, Transylvania, which is now Romania. He was born to Shlomo and Sarah, which they had four children, Hilda, Bea, Tsiporah, and Eliezer. Wiesel and his family practiced the Jewish religion, before he was forced into the concentration camps.
He lived in Manhattan, New York City. What made him become president of the United States is America was when his father died when he was 20 years old and he was so upset that he wanted to try harder and get good grades at school, and get into a really good college and get a good job. His life was really great because his family was rich ,and they gave to the poor and gave money to help orphans find really good homes. He was also homeschooled because of his illness and asthma. He had siblings who were all older than him.
Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902 and spent most of his childhood in Little Falls, Minnesota. He was a son of an attorney and congressman. His character traits for which he was known for the rest of his life were being reserved and withdrawn. In 1912, his mother took him to an air race, he loved it so much he decided that’s what he wanted to do. In April of 1922 he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska and enrolled in a local flight school. Shortly after he joined, the school shut down.
Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet Transylvania on September 30, 1928. Prior to being taken under the Nazi 's rule, he decided to pursue Religious studies,as his father did. He grew up with his parents and three sisters. in the year 1944, when Elie was 15 years old,
Nikola Tesla is a man that many individuals associate with brilliance. Moreover, Tesla is a name that ignites impulses within an individual’s brain which illuminate, via bio-circuitry, the thought association of Tesla and brilliance, similar to the force we term as electricity. Brilliance however, shouldn’t be the only descriptive word to come to mind when thinking of one of the greatest engineers and inventors to live. Innovation and determination should be undoubtedly included in the list of descriptive words of Mr. Nikola Tesla. For without the innovative mind of Tesla, midcentury inventions as well as current technological advances would be nonexistent, or worse, credited to Thomas Edison.
Albert Einstein was one of these particular scientists. Although he was a pacifist, so his greatest effort in helping create the bomb itself was when he penned a letter to President Roosevelt, encouraging him to build the bomb in fear of what Germans had already done in 1938 (Sublette). But that being said, his contributions to science made creating the bomb possible. Through his Theory of
The Famous and Brilliant, Albert Einstein, was born in Germany in 1879. Einstein was born into a Jewish family, and grew up in Munich, Germany, where his father and uncle collectively ran a company that produced electrical equipment. Later in his childhood, Einstein’s family moved to Italy, then to Switzerland not long after. In 1896, Einstein renounced his German citizenship so that he would be able to avoid the Obligatory military service.
Brandon Schrand, in his essay “All That Glows,” shows the destructive nature of humans through the media of bombs. He along with some of his friends form a posse that creates bombs and detonates them in a silica quarry. They go so far as to almost kill one of their group’s members by accident and to place a fake bomb at school as a prank.
He was born on the ninth of April 1918 and raised in Aalborg, a small town in Copenhagen. He was greatly influenced by his father in his early years as he worked as an naval architect and engineer and was a manager of the local dock and ship yards.
The atomic bomb was created to be mass destructive. This was self-evident when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. This decision was made by Harry S. Truman. Knowing how an atomic bomb is created, its' history and the effects it had on the economy could help people realize the reasoning behind such a bomb. These bombs were made for a purpose. Robert Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb, although Albert Einstein received a lot of credit for his work with the startup of atomic bombs. The Manhattan Project, based in Los Alamos, was a very keen organization that helped the United States become a world power. Over one hundred thousand workers took in this project. People that were not only contributing for personal gain, but for the pride of their country.
Until the day he died, physicist Samuel Cohen declared that his invention, the neutron bomb, was a "moral" and "sane" weapon that would kill enemy combatants, while sparing civilians and cities.
Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 and led a normal childhood. After high school, Wilde attended Oxford College and received a B.A. in 1878. During this time, he wrote Vera and The Importance of Being Earnest. In addition, "for two years Wilde had dressed in outlandish outfits, courted famous people and built his public image" (Stayley 317). Doing so earned Wilde a job with Rich...