- This short explains why Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, founded the prizes named after him.
- The story of the career of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite as a constructive force for good, and lived to see it become a maiming-and-killing weapon of war. A mother, whose son was maimed in war, brings Nobel to the son's bedside, where he realizes the horrific use his invention had been put to. He then created the Nobel Awards, for the outstanding annual achievement in the cause of world peace.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
- Partly through an error in his research, research scientist Alfred Nobel, in 1866, was able to develop dynamite, which he and the world saw as a useful tool to aid mankind in such activities as construction. He became a famous and wealthy man because of this discovery. But as seen through the a wounded soldier's mother, Nobel also saw that his creation was being used as a tool of war. Nobel never intended or envisioned that it would be used for non-peaceful activities. He devoted the rest of his life in the development to combat dynamite in war, but ultimately saw that goal as being futile since it would lead to further destruction. He would have to look at the problem in a different light to leave the world with a legacy of scientific research in the aid of peace.—Huggo
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