Philosophy
Ascanio Sobrero
October 12th, 1812 to May 26th, 1888
Many understand incorrectly...Alfred Nobel did not discover nitroglycerin...it was Ascanio Sobrero an Italian chemist. Nobel took nitroglycerin and stabilized it with sawdust or diatomaceous earth...thus, dynamite.
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Italian chemist who discovered nitroglycerine. Ascanio Sobrero worked as an assistant to Professor J. T. Pelouze in Paris and then became professor of chemistry in Turino, Italy. His face was badly scarred as a result of an explosion in the 1840s. He considered nitroglycerine to be far too dangerous to be of any practical use. Sobrero is quoted to have said "When I think of all the victims killed during nitroglycerine explosions, and the terrible havoc that has been wreaked, which in all probability will continue to occur in the future, I am almost ashamed to admit to be its discoverer." He was mortified when the Nobel family started the commercial exploitation of nitroglycerine and with the success of dynamite he felt he had been subject to an injustice. Alfred Nobel openly cited Sobrero as the inventor of nitroglycerine.
Ascanio Sobrero [Wikipedia]
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Philosophy
Ascanio Sobrero and nitroglycerin
Ascanio SobreroOctober 12th, 1812 to May 26th, 1888
Many understand incorrectly...Alfred Nobel did not discover nitroglycerin...it was Ascanio Sobrero an Italian chemist. Nobel took nitroglycerin and stabilized it with sawdust or diatomaceous earth...thus, dynamite.
Nobelprize.org...
Italian chemist who discovered nitroglycerine. Ascanio Sobrero worked as an assistant to Professor J. T. Pelouze in Paris and then became professor of chemistry in Turino, Italy. His face was badly scarred as a result of an explosion in the 1840s. He considered nitroglycerine to be far too dangerous to be of any practical use. Sobrero is quoted to have said "When I think of all the victims killed during nitroglycerine explosions, and the terrible havoc that has been wreaked, which in all probability will continue to occur in the future, I am almost ashamed to admit to be its discoverer." He was mortified when the Nobel family started the commercial exploitation of nitroglycerine and with the success of dynamite he felt he had been subject to an injustice. Alfred Nobel openly cited Sobrero as the inventor of nitroglycerine.
Ascanio Sobrero [Wikipedia]
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The title kind of says it all. The following video shows excerpts from presentations, lectures, interviews and debates in which world-leading intellectuals (scientists and philosophers mainly, including various Nobel Laureates) speak on their thoughts...
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Herbert Hauptman February 14th, 1917 to October 23rd, 2011 "Herbert Hauptman dies at 94; won Nobel Prize in chemistry" Herbert Hauptman's research on determining molecular structures using X-ray crystallography became indispensable to modern chemistry...
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This doesn't really come as a surprise. When money and prestige are involved in human activities these two features rise to the top. "Nobel Prize hit by bribery scandal" December 19th, 2008 NDTV The prestigious Nobel Prize has been hit by a bribery...
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