Alfred Nobel Essays

Alfred Nobel was a chemist, engineer, innovator, entrepreneur, businessman, author, pacifist, and armaments manufacturer. He invented things that revolutionized huis time period such as dynamite. Although he invented many things and had over 350 patents he most famous and remembered for creating the Nobel Prize. Alfred Nobel was one of the most brilliant and influential minds of his time and he left behind a legacy through the Nobel Prizes that will hopefully be remembered for centuries to come.

Sizemore Ms.Green Chemistry 3A 12/6/16 Alfred Bernhard Nobel. Alfred Nobel is one of the most influential Chemists of all time, he is widely known as the man who invented dynamite. Although this is only one of many amazing accomplishments from this extraordinary man. He also played a big part in the industrial revolution, and helped run a successful family business. Alfred Nobel was born October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred Nobel looked up to his dad from an early age his father

1895, Alfred Nobel, a massively successful entrepreneur, instructed that most of his fortune be set aside for “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind” (Paragraph 2). His generous donations earned his name onto one of the most widely renowned awards in the world. As Alfred had hoped, the Nobel Prize are annual awards given to those whose achievements had greatly benefited all of humanity that year. The Nobel Foundation was formed after Alfred Nobel

introduced by Ascanio Sobrero, an Italian chemist, in 1847, nitroglycerin initially attracted scientific interest for its explosive properties.* Now famous for the prize that bears his name, Alfred Nobel extended Sobrero’s work, utilizing nitroglycerin in the development of the powerful explosive dynamite. Coincidentally, Nobel, who suffered from angina pectoris (AP) later in his life, was prescribed nitroglycerin to alleviate his symptoms: “…isn’t it the irony of fate that I have been prescribed NG1 [nitroglycerin]

Chemist, Humanitarian, and Two-Time Nobel Prize Champion: Linus Carl Pauling Linus Pauling was born in Portland, Oregon in 1901. In his adult life he became and internationally admired scientist, an educator, humanitarian and political activist. Through the study of chemical bonding and its application to the clarification of the structure of complex substances, he won the Nobel Prize in 1954. One Nobel Prize wasn’t enough for Pauling, and in 1962, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for the prohibition of

Malala Malala Yousafzai a young teenager was on the brink of death thanks to her advocating.Women's rights are something not given to all girls in her country, Pakistan.For that sole reason she was shot, for speaking up for her rights.Therefore, by using juxtaposition to compare the Pakistan people to the American lifestyle, imagery to intensify the endeavor of women and young girls, and pathos to invigorate the world to help attain educational rights for these girls . In the small city of swat

Morrison: African American Novelist The Nobel Prize is a set of yearly international awards granted by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of academic cultural or scientific advances. There are 6 different categories: The Nobel Prize in Physics, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, The Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel Peace Prize, and The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Each Prize consists of a medal, a personal

call a true hero to live forever in his legacy. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929 at the family home in Atlanta, Georgia. He lived with his parents, as well as his grandparents and his two siblings, Christine and Alfred Daniel Williams King. He and his siblings enjoyed playing sports such as football and baseball and doing other odd jobs. He was known for his public speaking ability and

Justino Gonzalez ELA 11 Unit 2 Assignment 4 My Connection with the novel Night by Elie Wiesel The novel Night is a work by Elie Wiesel, published in 1956, about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945, at the height of the Holocaust toward the end of the Second World War. The novel is very emotional and has touched the hearts of many, to the point where it won the Oprah’s Book Club award. This book has definitely made me reflect

Knowledge As Her Weapon Malala Yousafzai was born in Swat, district of NorthWestern Pakistan. In the book titled I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with the help of Patricia McCormick ; had helped Malala to tell about her campaign for girls education. In malala’s culture, Women’s have to cover themselves with a “burqa” (long black cloth that covers from head to toe), Womens can’t be educated (prohibited of Islam called “haram”), and Women’s can’t leave the house without a present of a men (no freedom)

The Nobel Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious and hardest to earn awards. For example, the Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to "the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (Facts on the Nobel Prize in Literature). In some cases, people argue whether or not someone deserves the award that he or she has received. One such case is Bob Dylan. He was born as Robert Zimmerman on May 24, 1941. He began his career by performing

Gertrude’s Speech on Ophelia’s Death Analysis This passage is from Act 4, scene 7, lines 163-183 of Hamlet. Laertes, hearing of his father’s death, storms the palace seeking revenge. Claudius, in an effort to calm Laertes’ rage, conspires with him on how to effectively kill Hamlet shortly before Gertrude interrupts with the news of poor Ophelia’s death. Laertes, heartbroken after hearing that his sister has died, seeks to mourn in peace, but Claudius insists that he and Gertrude follow him so that

A Comparative Study Of “A Mystery Of Heroism” and “War is Kind” “A Mystery Of Heroism” and “War is Kind” are texts written by Stephen Crane about the American Civil War showing the pointlessness and losses that occurred during that time period. Although both texts have similar ideals, they also differ substantially when it comes to making certain points. These texts are a prime example of realism, which is one of Crane’s most popular literary theories used. “A Mystery Of Heroism” is a short story

“The Possibility of Evil” and “The Truman Show” both explore how humane morals are easily traded for conniving manipulation until it backfires. In “The Possibility of Evil” the protagonist Ms.Strangeworth has absolutely no problem causing problems in other people’s lives when she sends them letters revealing secrets that are being hidden from them. This control she felt was easily done without regret until she got caught and someone attacked one of her prized possessions. In “The Truman Show” Christof

There are two poems that are being described: “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Who’s for the Game?”. Both poems both focus on war ,but “Dulce et Decorum Est” is more focused on the harsh and depressing parts of the war. The poem “Who’s for the Game” is more focused on the more friendly recruiting parts of the war. The poems have noticeable similarities and differences through the poems. The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” mainly describes the war as harsh, depressing, and fierce. This poem expresses suffering

Explore the ways in which war is represented in Shakespeare’s Henry V and a selection of World War One Poetry. In 1599, William Shakespeare wrote a play called “Henry V”. Within this play, there are two famous speeches that I would be exploring. This is “once more unto the breach” and “st Crispins day”. Furthermore, I would be exploring a varieties of world war one poems to compare how war is presented in different viewpoints. In Henry V Shakespeare ‘once more unto the breach’ speech, shows war

The Fish, by Elizabeth Bishop is a free verse structured poem that navigates readers through the writer’s vivid perception of a fish that she has just caught. The fish depicted in this writing was allegorical to one’s survival of life’s tumultuous nature that can leave one scarred and battered with harshfully visible remnants. The writer skillfully employs literary devices that create an overwhelming image in the reader’s mind of the true meaning behind the appearance of the fish. Bishop expresses

The poem of my selection is entitled War Is Kind, written by Stephen Crane. The title itself sounds ironic and full of mockery and I have decided to pick this poem for the analysis. I came across this very poem from a website, PoemHunter.Com which holds a significant amount of poems collection from famous and amateur poets as well as individuals all around the world. Amongst all the available poem, “War is kind” really intrigued myself. This poem consists of 5 stanzas. Stanzas 1 and 3 are five lines

The Vacuum is a poem about the emptiness of an old man after her wife died. Nemerov started by presenting the environment in which the old man lived in. He also pointed out that the vacuum cleaner was in a corner, seemingly “grinning” (4) at him. He then stated that after his old wife has passed away, she seemed to be inside the vacuum cleaner (8, 9), cleaning up the house whenever the old man used it. The poet further expressed his feeling of loneness by recalling his days with his wife, where she

In “the Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe, he perpetuates a sense of gothicism throughout the poem by using literary elements along with structure in both his stanzas and setting. In the poem, the narrator is grieving over the death of his beloved, Lenore; as a result, produces a sense of melancholy carried across the poem. As the poem develops, it is suggested that he has little desire to mend his sorrow and would rather consume himself in melancholy. Poe carries out the gothicism throughout the poem by