print email comment close Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Nobel Prize URL: http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/ Description: "Articles, photographs, a slide show and poetry written by Nobel himself are presented here to give a glimpse of a man whose varied interests are reflected in the prize he established. Meet Alfred Nobel -- scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author and pacifist."  Also includes a FAQ, a timeline showing when he patented the safer explosives nitroglycerin (blasting oil) and dynamite, and his will. From the official website for the Nobel Foundation. Publisher: Nobel Web LII Database Information: Record 25002 created by Maria Brandt on 11/26/2007 Last modification on 11/27/2007 Published: 12/06/2007   Republished: 12/03/2009 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25002