Alfred Nobel appreciation Thread :

>polyglot chad, besides his native Swedish he also spoke fluently in Russian, English, French and German

>self-taugh scientist, didn't even attend university

>became obsessed with the idea of making nitroglycerin stable

>invented dynamite so people wouldn't blow themselves up at the mines using nitroglycerin

>loved poetry, wrote poetry in English

>became a weapons manufacturer because Big Guns means less war

>creates a yearly prize on his name as a PR move to honor those with the biggest contributions in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace (the last one being the most ridiculous, straggiest and soylent prize ever)

!historychads !ifrickinglovescience !bookworms

Before anyone goes on TNT, yes, I know dynamite and TNT are not the same but there's no dynamite marsey