nobel prize

The Noble Prizes were first awarded in 1910. However they were created years before by a man named Alfred Nobel. Alfred Noble was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. IN order to improve the family’s financial situation, Alfred’s father Immanuel Nobel moved the family company to St. Petersburg Russia.
In Russia, the business prospered and Alfred’s father was able to give is sons the best education of that time. Alfred was fluent in 6 languages and was skilled in writing. However, his father forced him to give up writing to become a chemist so he could work for the family business. During his studies, Nobel traveled across Europe and the United States working in numerous chemistry labs, studying under skilled chemists.
When Nobel returned the company had been left to his brother Ludvig and the company was moving back to Stockholm. This was because the company made Russia weapons during the Crimson War, but when a new leader came to power, eh cut military spending. When the business moved to Stockholm, Alfred became interested in nitroglycerin, a dangerous explosive. It was so dangerous that one of his factories exploded, killing his younger brother. However, this did not deter Alfred Nobel.
He continued working with nitroglycerin and mixed it with different chemicals until it became stable. Nobel found that soaking absorbent material in glycerin made the explosion much more stable. He called his new invention “Nobel’s Safety Blasting Powder”. However, his invention is known today as dynamite from the Greek word meaning power.
Dynamite is made of three parts nitroglycerin; either diatomaceous earth (which is ground up diatoms) or natural materials like powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp (most dynamite used toda...

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...he will changed. Because of the, Ragnar Sohlman and Rudolf Lilljequist (the men Nobel left to carry out his will) could not begin organizing until 1897. They formed the Nobel foundation to manage Nobel’s fortune and organize the prizes. Then the first prize was given out to a group of credible people under the name the Nobel Prize. Later, there was also a prize in Economic Science.
Since 1897, 561 prizes have been awarded to 876 Laureates. Some well-known examples of Nobel Prize winners are: Albert Einstein, in physics; Marie Curie, the first person to win two Noble Prizes in different categories, chemistry and physics; Francis Crick and James Watson, in physiology or medicine; The Red Cross who has won the most Nobel Prizes of any person; Martin Luther King Jr., who was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize; and Mother Teresa, Noble Peace Prize.