Alfred Nobel

A Biography

Kenne Fant (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2006
Arcade Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-55970-328-4 (ISBN)

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Kenne Fant makes generous use of previously unavailable letters between Nobel and his mistress, bringing the enigmatic visionary vividly to life. This is the only complete full-length biography available of a man who can lay reasonable claim to the title of 'troubled genius' - and one of the most influential minds in modern history.

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The most complete and only full-length biography of the legendary inventor of dynamite and founder of the prizes that bear his name. As with many extraordinary lives, Nobel's biography reads better than most fiction - born in poverty, his creation of a safe method for detonating nitro-glycerine catapulted him to wealth and fame. Spurned by the woman he loved and dubbed 'the merchant of death' by a press horrified at the capabilities of dynamite, Nobel bequeathed his fortune to the foundation of prizes celebrating peace, literature and scientific achievement.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.1.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 230 mm
• Gewicht: 531 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
• ISBN-10: 1-55970-328-8 / 1559703288
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55970-328-4 / 9781559703284
• Zustand: Neuware