Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel: the Man Behind the Prize The great Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden on the 21st day of October,1833. His family was one of engineers who had descended from one of the 17th century’s greatest technical geniuses who goes by the name of Olof Rudbeck. At the young age of nine, he and his family moved to St. Petersburg, Russia in order to start a new life after becoming bankrupt. There …showed first 75 words of 648 total…

…showed last 75 words of 648 total…The Nobel Prizes became an extension and a fulfillment of his lifetime interests“. The irony lies in that a prize of peace was named after a man who created such a product as dynamite which is capable of such extreme destruction. The lesson to be learned about peace is that Nobel had a complete understanding about the capabilities of his creation and kept it under control. This understanding of his own power shows true achievement.