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Alfred Nobel

  1. Nobel Peace Prize Jury Faces Formal Inquiry
    The League of Ordinary Gentlemen logo The League of Ordinary Gentlemen 3 days ago

    Here’s the paragraph that would make clicking through worthwhile, if you’re still undecided: If the Stockholm County Administrative Board, which supervises foundations in Sweden’s capital, finds that prize founder Alfred Nobel’s will is not being...

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    And then things went downhill. One problem was that an expected tax exemption did not come through; for a long while the foundation was Stockholm’s largest single taxpayer. The other was Alfred Nobel’s instruction that his money be invested in “safe...

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    Officials look at a bust of Alfred Nobel before the Nobel Prize ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm in this December 10, 2010 file photo. Swedish authorities are looking into whether the Nobel Peace Prize has been going to the "wrong" type of...

    Officials look at a bust of Alfred Nobel before the Nobel Prize ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm in this December 10, 2010 file photo. Swedish authorities are looking into whether the Nobel Peace Prize has been going to the "wrong" type of... View Photo »

  4. Interesting Quotes From Google’s Search Lead, Amit Singhal
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    But still the ultimate aim for Singhal is to build the Star Trek communicator of his childhood. “The key to this is when you can have a Star Trek Googlephone, where you can say, ‘Google, tell me how Alfred Nobel made his money’. You can seek any...

  5. “Pure” science and serendipity
    Skepticblog logo Skepticblog 1 week ago

    As Louis Pasteur put it, “In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.” Examples of accidental discoveries in science are legion, especially in chemistry. Alfred Nobel accidentally mixed nitroglycerin and collodium (“gun cotton”)...

  6. How About an International Award for Hypocrisy?
    Dissident Voice logo Dissident Voice 1 week ago

    How about an international award – without the gold medal, the diploma and the money – for hypocrisy? Such an award could be called the Lebon Prize (reversing Nobel). If there was such an award, the statements of European and American leaders in the...

  7. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago
    Norway's King Harald V (R) and Queen Sonja (L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winner Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman at the Royal Castle in Oslo December 10, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureates, receiving the prize on the 115th anniversary of the death of...

    Norway's King Harald V (R) and Queen Sonja (L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winner Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman at the Royal Castle in Oslo December 10, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureates, receiving the prize on the 115th anniversary of the death of... View Photo »

  8. Nobel Prize: Alfred Nobel, the Man P1
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  9. Africa: Has the Nobel Peace Prize Lost Its Way?
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    The Nobel Peace Prize is sometimes considered to be the most prestigious of the Nobels (the others being awarded for Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine and Literature). It's never been quite clear why Alfred Nobel wanted to include a peace...

  10. Nobel dynamite: The committee must defend its peace honorees
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette logo Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 week ago

    In 2009, President Barack Obama won for his efforts on behalf of international diplomacy, although he appears to have been chosen because he wasn't George W. Bush. It's up to the Stockholm County Administrative Body to judge if the will of Alfred...

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About Alfred Nobel

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Alfred Bernhard Nobel (help·info) (Stockholm, 21 October 1833 - Sanremo, Italy, 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. He owned Bofors, a major armaments manufacturer, which he had redirected from its previous role as an iron and steel mill. In his last will, he used his... Full Article

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A picture taken on October 3, 2011 shows the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. The 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded today by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, opening a week of Nobel honours.
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  1. A picture taken on October 3, 2011 shows the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. The 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded today by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, opening a week of Nobel honours. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

    A picture taken on October 3, 2011 shows the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. The 2011 Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded today by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, opening a week of Nobel honours.

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  2. A picture taken on December 10, 2010 shows the statue representing Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

    A picture taken on December 10, 2010 shows the statue representing Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm.

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  3. Ther Swedish flag with a representation of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel is displayed at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, 2010 in Stockholm. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

    Ther Swedish flag with a representation of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel is displayed at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, 2010 in Stockholm.

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  4. A picture taken on December 10, 2010 shows the statue representing Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm. Lawyers representing 2010 Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo criticised China today for blocking him from attending the prize ceremony in Oslo,... Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

    A picture taken on December 10, 2010 shows the statue representing Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm. Lawyers representing 2010 Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo criticised China today for blocking him from attending the prize ceremony in Oslo,...

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  5. A man walks in front of the statue representing Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, on December 10, 2010. Lawyers representing 2010 Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo criticised China today for blocking him from attending the prize ceremony in... Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

    A man walks in front of the statue representing Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, on December 10, 2010. Lawyers representing 2010 Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo criticised China today for blocking him from attending the prize ceremony in...

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  6. A Swedish police officer with his dog inspect the area next to the statue representing Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, on December 10, 2011. The winners of the Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Economics receive... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    A Swedish police officer with his dog inspect the area next to the statue representing Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, on December 10, 2011. The winners of the Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Economics receive...

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  7. The Swedish and the Norwegian flags with a representation of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel are displayed at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, 2011 in Stockholm. The winners of the Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Economics receive today their... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    The Swedish and the Norwegian flags with a representation of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel are displayed at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, 2011 in Stockholm. The winners of the Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Economics receive today their...

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  8. 1993 Sveriges Riksbank Prize Laureate for Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Douglass North signs The Stockholm Memorandum during the third Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on May 18, 2011. In addition to... Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

    1993 Sveriges Riksbank Prize Laureate for Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Douglass North signs The Stockholm Memorandum during the third Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on May 18, 2011. In addition to...

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  9. A general view of the traditional Nobel banquet is pictured in Stockholm on December 10, 2010 after the 2010 Nobel laureates in literature, economics, physics and chemistry received their prizes from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony. The formal event, held as tradition... Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

    A general view of the traditional Nobel banquet is pictured in Stockholm on December 10, 2010 after the 2010 Nobel laureates in literature, economics, physics and chemistry received their prizes from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony. The formal event, held as tradition...

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  10. Norway's King Harald V (R) and Queen Sonja (L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winner Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman at the Royal Castle in Oslo December 10, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureates, receiving the prize on the 115th anniversary of the death of benefactor Alfred Nobel, will share a... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Norway's King Harald V (R) and Queen Sonja (L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winner Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman at the Royal Castle in Oslo December 10, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureates, receiving the prize on the 115th anniversary of the death of benefactor Alfred Nobel, will share a...

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  11. Norway's King Harald V (R) and Queen Sonja (L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winner Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf at the Royal Castle in Oslo December 10, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureates, receiving the prize on the 115th anniversary of the death of benefactor Alfred Nobel,... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Norway's King Harald V (R) and Queen Sonja (L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winner Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf at the Royal Castle in Oslo December 10, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureates, receiving the prize on the 115th anniversary of the death of benefactor Alfred Nobel,...

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  12. Norway's King Harald V (R) and Queen Sonja (L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winners Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee (2nd R), Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman (C) and Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf at the Royal Castle in Oslo December 10, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureates,... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Norway's King Harald V (R) and Queen Sonja (L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winners Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee (2nd R), Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman (C) and Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf at the Royal Castle in Oslo December 10, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureates,...

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  13. Members of Norway's royal family King Harald V (2nd R), Queen Sonja (R), Crown Princess Mette-Marit (L) and Crown Prince Haakon (2nd L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winners Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee (3rd R), Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman (4th R) and Liberia's President... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Members of Norway's royal family King Harald V (2nd R), Queen Sonja (R), Crown Princess Mette-Marit (L) and Crown Prince Haakon (2nd L) pose with Nobel Peace Prize winners Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee (3rd R), Yemeni journalist Tawakul Karman (4th R) and Liberia's President...

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