Alfred Nobel

Also known as Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Nobel, Alfred B. Nobel

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

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Alfred Nobel was a male person from Sweden. He is recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection. He was born on 21 October 1833 and died on 10 December 1896.

His works include the titles Némesis and Nemesis. He is referenced by 521 other encyclopedia articles.

He is associated with the artist Veritasium on Last.fm. His quotes include: "If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied." and "Contentment is the only real wealth."

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Person · Open Library

Works: 2

Top works

Némesis
Nemesis

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Sweden
Active from: 1833-10-21
Active to: 1896-12-10

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 100
Total plays: 209

Similar artists

Veritasium

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Synthesis of graphene-based nanosheets via chemical reduction of exfoliated graphite oxide
· 2007 · cited 13,133x
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,567x
Mutation and Cancer: Statistical Study of Retinoblastoma
· 1971 · cited 5,403x
The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues
· 2020 · cited 5,339x
G PROTEINS: TRANSDUCERS OF RECEPTOR-GENERATED SIGNALS
· 1987 · cited 4,999x

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Quotes

“I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life.”
“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.”
“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.”
“A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.”
“Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.”
“Contentment is the only real wealth”

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Encyclopedic overview

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (/noʊˈbɛl/ noh-BEL; Swedish: [ˈǎlːfrɛd nʊˈbɛlː] ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman. Nobel is known for inventing dynamite, as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. He worked on various important contributions and inventions to science, holding 355 patents during his life.

Born into the prominent Nobel family in Stockholm, Nobel displayed an early aptitude for science and learning, particularly in chemistry and languages; he became fluent in six languages and filed his first patent at the age of 24. He embarked on many business ventures with his family, most notably owning the company Bofors—which was an iron and steel producer that he had developed into a major manufacturer of cannons and other armaments. Nobel's most famous invention, dynamite, was an explosive made using nitroglycerin, which was patented in 1867. He further invented gelignite in 1875 and ballistite in 1887.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alfred Nobel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.