In what year were the very first Nobel Prizes awarded?
Chapter 1

The explosive mistake that changed history

Chapter 2

Science at the absolute limit

Chapter 3

Voices of peace and paper

Chapter 4

Secrets, snubs, and gold medals

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Master of The explosive story of the Nobel prize

Ch 1 · The explosive mistake that changed history
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diego The premature obituary of Alfred Nobel that changed his legacy

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diego Alfred Nobel's Obituary

Read his own death, rewrote his last will, made the Nobel Prize!

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diego Alfred Nobel drafted a secret last will on scrap paper

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A secret will written on scrap paper

diego Alfred Nobel bypassed lawyers to write a secret will that shocked his family and the world.

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The obituary that changed everything

diego A newspaper's mistake gave Alfred Nobel a terrifying preview of how the world would remember him.

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Nobel's Big Oops
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diego Dodge explosive mishaps to discover how Alfred Nobel turned his biggest regrets into global prizes.

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Fun Fact

Premature obituary: A French newspaper mistakenly published Alfred Nobel's obituary eight years before he died, calling him a merchant of death.

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Glossary
obituary (noun)
A notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased. In 1888, a French newspaper's premature obituary of Alfred Nobel inspired him to create the Nobel Prizes.

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Gossip

If you inherited a massive fortune, what would you fund?

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Quiz

In what year were the very first Nobel Prizes awarded?

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diego Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.

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On what specific date are the Nobel Prizes awarded each year to mark Alfred's death?

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diego Fierce legal battles delayed the creation of the Nobel Prizes.

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Which relative's death in 1888 led to the mistaken obituary of Alfred Nobel?

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Quiz

In what year did Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patent dynamite?

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Quiz

What percentage of his fortune did Alfred Nobel leave to fund the prizes?

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What did the French newspaper headline call Alfred Nobel in his premature obituary?

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Quiz

Which original Nobel Prize category was NOT mentioned in Alfred Nobel's 1895 will?

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Quiz

In which city did Alfred Nobel sign his famous final will in 1895?

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