Alfred nobel biography book

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  • The only full-length biography of the founder of the Nobel Prize.
  • A biography of the inventor of dynamite and the founder of the Nobel Prize uses Nobel's unpublished letters to offer a compelling account of this introverted.

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    Alfred Nobel: A Biography

    March 10,
    I LOVED this book, but it is not for everyone. Fant's biography is well-written and his observations of Nobel seem apt, but the book is incredibly detailed and a task to finish. I enjoyed the majority of the book but the inclusion of that volume of personal letters and also so many details of his business dealings became tedious by the end. Despite this complaint, the author's use of such detail allows for a complex and nuanced view of this influential man. Nobel had a rare combination of talent at the bench in his research endeavors (he was a prolific inventor) and significant skill on the business end as well. He also seems to have suffered a good deal through his life, often lonely and guilt-ridden.

    If you do not feel up to attempting this read, do yourself a favor and learn something about this man's fascinating biography and the events of his life that lead up to creating the Nobel Prizes. This book is an in-depth history of his life from birth to death, including his education, research, inventions, business associations, love life, family relationships, and more. What makes it great is the other layer of context, presenting Nobel's feelings on education, class disparity, war, weapons, and peace, and legacy; his thoughts, and expres

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    Alfred Nobel

    The only full-length biography of the founder of the Nobel Prize.

    Few documents have had a more enduring influence on our century than Alfred Nobel’s last will and testament, for these handwritten sheets established the most coveted and prestigious awards on earth. The Nobel Prizes represent glory and world stature, and are the stuff of immortality. Yet the man whose name they bear has been lost to near obscurity. As Kenne Fant shows in this fascinating biography, Alfred Nobel’s life contained fierce and troubling paradoxes. He invented dynamite and revolutionized the technology of destruction, yet his dreams of a disarmed world inspired him to create the Nobel Peace Prize.

    One of the most powerful men of his time, Nobel was viewed by some as the model of success and entrepreneurial drive; to his workers, he was an enlightened and scrupulously honest employer in an age of heartless exploitation. Others, however, blamed him for the accidents caused by his inventions and labeled him the “merchant of death.” Victor Hugo called him “Europe’s richest vagabond” because he moved about too restlessly. Harassed by imitators, sycophants, and frauds, and struggling continuously with bureaucracies and patent offices (only Thomas Edison surpassed him in the number of pate

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