A Museum Floats Down the Chicago River The Floating Museumâs newest installation River Assembly sits on a barge and will be docking at various locations throughout the month, bringing arts programming to audiences along its route.
Alfred Nobel, in full Alfred Bernhard Nobel (born October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Swedenâdied December 10, 1896, San Remo, Italy), Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist, who invented dynamite and other, more powerful explosives and who also founded the Nobel Prizes. 1  Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel and Caroline Nobel.
The merchant of death is dead, read the French newspaper in the Spring of 1888. Shocked and horrified, Alfred Nobel sat, reading his own obituary. The paper described him as the man who made it possible to kill more people more quickly than anyone else who ever lived. Alfred was devastated by how the world viewed him. His brother, Ludvig Nobel, had passed away and the global media incorrectly printed that Alfred Nobel had died. In our day, the name Nobel is associated with the worlds most famous and prestigious awards, the Nobel Peace Prize.