Alfred Nobel Mariliis Jalajas 10d

1. Alfred NobelMariliis Jalajas10d

2. Life: • Born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden • Died on December 10, 1896 (aged 63) in Sanremo, Italy • Resting place - Norra begravningsplatsen, Stockholm • Occupation - Chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. • The synthetic element nobelium • The Nobel Prize

3. Dynamite • An explosive based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceousearth (kieselguhr) as an adsorbent. • Patented in 1867 • Redhill, Surrey, England • Gelignite(also blasting gelatin) was patented in 1876

5. The Nobel Prize • Nobel signed his last will and testament and set aside the bulk of his estate on November 27, 1895 • He died of a stroke on December 10, 1896at Sanremo, Italy • 31 million kronor • First three of these prizes are in physical science, chemistryand medical science or physiology. • The fourth is for literary work

7. The Nobel Prize Awarders • The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry • Karolinska Institute is responsible for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine • The Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature • Committee of five persons are elected by the Norwegian Parliament for the Nobel Peace Prize. • The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Economics Prize Laureates starting in 1969.

8. Facts • There are 797 Nobel Laureates in the world. • 777 individuals and 20 organisations • Some laureates and organisations have beenawarded more than once. • Lawrence Bragg • Leonia Hurwicz • Only 34 Nobel Laureates have been women and the remaining 743 were men.

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