Alfred Nobel
1833 – 1896 · Sweden · Chemistry, Engineering
Invented dynamite, then endowed the prizes to redeem the legacy.
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Who shaped Alfred Nobel, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Michael Faraday
1791 – 1867 · Physics, Chemistry
Nitroglycerine chemistry belongs to the nineteenth-century laboratory culture Faraday's generation built.
Passed the work to1
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie
1867 – 1934 · Physics, Chemistry
Nobel's endowment created the prize system that funded and certified her radium work.
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