Alfred nobel biography italiano

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October1833 – 10 December1896) was a Swedishchemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize, though he also made several important contributions to science, holding 355 patents in his lifetime. Nobel's most famous invention was dynamite, a safer and easier means of harnessing the explosive power of nitroglycerin; it was patented in 1867 and was soon used worldwide for mining and infrastructure development.

Quotes

• If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
  • As quoted in The 12 best Questions To Ask Customers (2001), by Jim Meisenheimer, p. 26.

• My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.
  • As quoted in The Military Quotation Book (2002) by James Charlton, p. 114.

• A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to d
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  Alfred Nobel and the History of Dynamite

  The Nobel prizes were established by none other than inventor Alfred Nobel (1833–1896). But besides being the namesake behind one of the most prestigious awards given annually for academic, cultural and scientific achievements, Nobel is also well-known for making it possible for people to blow things up.    

  Before all that, however, the Swedish industrialist, engineer, and inventor built bridges and buildings in his nation's capital Stockholm. It was his construction work that inspired Nobel to research new methods of blasting rock. So in 1860, Nobel first started experimenting with an explosive chemical substance called nitroglycerin.

  Nitroglycerin and Dynamite

  Nitroglycerin was first invented by Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero (1812–1888) in 1846. In its natural liquid state, nitroglycerin is very volatile. Nobel understood this and in 1866 discovered that mixing nitroglycerin with silica would turn the liquid into a malleable paste called dynamite. One advantage that dynamite had o