Merchant of death
One day Alfred Nobel was reading newspaper. He was surprised to find his name in obituary column of paper. He just pinched himself to make sure that he is not dreaming ! Out of curiosity, he started to read the column to find out what has been written about him.
That time, he had invented Dynamite which is used to break solid rocks without difficulty. But many people had died using that. But Nobel had got good amount of money by selling the technology. That's why in news paper, they had called him as merchant of death.
Nobel was very disturbed by that phrase. He thought he will be remembered by next generation by that name itself. He didnt want that . That's why he established a society to recognise and give medals to whoever works for peace in world.
That society is giving now Nobel prize not only for peace workers for those who have done notable work in physics, chemistry etc. since Nobel himself had interest in all those fields. Now Nobel prize is very popular. Atlast, Nobel is remembered for his good work.
One day Alfred Nobel was reading newspaper. He was surprised to find his name in obituary column of paper. He just pinched himself to make sure that he is not dreaming ! Out of curiosity, he started to read the column to find out what has been written about him.
That time, he had invented Dynamite which is used to break solid rocks without difficulty. But many people had died using that. But Nobel had got good amount of money by selling the technology. That's why in news paper, they had called him as merchant of death.
Nobel was very disturbed by that phrase. He thought he will be remembered by next generation by that name itself. He didnt want that . That's why he established a society to recognise and give medals to whoever works for peace in world.
That society is giving now Nobel prize not only for peace workers for those who have done notable work in physics, chemistry etc. since Nobel himself had interest in all those fields. Now Nobel prize is very popular. Atlast, Nobel is remembered for his good work.
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