The story of one scientist or how the Nobel Prize appeared

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Every year, the media reports on the awarding of the Nobel Prize in one of five scientific fields. This news usually goes unnoticed among countless information drives from all corners of the globe. “Well, they awarded it and they awarded it,” we think, flipping through the tape before going to bed or over a cup of morning coffee, “what else is interesting there?” Meanwhile, such an attitude towards outstanding intellectual achievements can hardly be considered satisfactory. In fact, it is difficult to find a topic more interesting than the Nobel Prize. And we will prove why!



A chemist and engineer whose father had worked on the development colombia number data of torpedoes, he acquired a metallurgical concern, which he later turned into the largest weapons manufacturer in the country. But the invention of dynamite brought him the greatest profit. In 1888, he was "buried alive" when his brother Ludwig died in Cannes, journalists mistakenly placed an announcement in the newspapers about the death of not Ludwig, but Alfred Nobel. After reading the obituary, he was horrified to discover that he had been called the "merchant of death." It was then that Alfred thought about how humanity would remember him.



Today, the name of Alfred Nobel is associated with outstanding scientific achievements in most of us. But who knows, this would have been possible if not for the mistake of one unknown reporter. After all, it was after the billionaire read his own obituary that he decided to change his will. According to the new will, drawn up by Nobel in 1895, most of his fortune went to a fund for awarding five annual prizes "to those who during the previous year have brought the greatest benefit to mankind."