Muffin Stories - Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel, founder of the well-known Nobel Prizes, was an excellent student in his childhood. ’That’s it. Nitroglycerine!’ One day Nobel shouted suddenly during his research. He thought of highly explosive nitroglycerine, which he had heard about from Professor Cynin perviously. Nobel’s invention was used at mines and for construction of roads. His father thought highly of Nobel. But nitroglycerine was very dangerous. It exploded when it was managed even a little carelessly. One day Nobel’s sister Emil lost her life when a bomb exploded in the laboratory. Nobel was very sad over her death. When the danger of explosives became known, people began to criticize Nobel. “There must not be a factory of such dreadful explosives in the middle of the city.“ At last Nobel set up a new factory on a ship floating in the middle of a lake. But the accidents of explosion did not cease. Nobel often consulted with his father about problems, but when his father had died of an apoplectic stroke, he was in great distress. ’Ah! What can I do to keep explosives safe?’ Nobel continued his researches in his laboratory. At last he successfully invented a new explosive called dynamite. He conducted an open experiment with dynamite in Germany and get its stability and explosive power recognized. Nobel earned a lot of money through dynamite. But he was deeply distressed by the thought that the explosives he had made could be weapons that would kill people. He thought about what was the way that would lead to world peace. “I think it is my happiness to be helpful to an honest and sincere man when he gets tired while fight poverty.“ As he had said this, Nobel helped many needy people. But he became very weak when he was 63 years old in 1896. “Please use my money to award prizes to those who contributed to world peace each year.“ Nobel made this will before he died. In accordance with his will, each year Nobel prizes have been awarded to those who contributed to physics, chemistry, biology, literature and peace. Nobel put into practice the idea of studying for the sake of people’s happiness he had heard from his Russian language teacher when he was a young boy. His name has been remembered up to now through Nobel Prizes.