Nobel Biography

Author: Shuke
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: Alfred Nobel is a world-renowned chemist and the founder of the Nobel Prize. This book introduces the life of this great scientist and his significant scientific achievements with abundant factual materials and vivid writing. The content is comprehensive, illustrated with images, and the language is fluent, making it highly readable. It recreates the brilliant life of a famous scientist and entrepreneur. Alfred Nobel was a great chemist from Sweden, who invented numerous things in his lifetime, with dynamite having the greatest impact on modern civilization. Upon his death, he donated all his life savings to establish a fund, specifying that the interest of this fund should be distributed annually to individuals from around the world who have made outstanding achievements and contributions in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, and world peace. This book is translated from the English version. It focuses on Alfred Nobel's growth process and the hardships he faced. It consists of 11 chapters, with an introduction at the beginning and 11 appendices at the end. The preface includes prefaces by Jiang Menglin, Tang Yuangji, the translator, and Dr. Stettinius, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs (original preface), as well as Sir Arthur Balfour, the British Minister of Foreign Affairs (second original preface).