Alftred Nobel's Life & Work:

Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was born in Sweden, grew up in Russia, and studied chemistry and technology in France and the United States. He invented dynamite in 1866 and built up companies and laboratories in more than 20 countries all over the world.

Alfred Nobel's House in Paris:
Forty years old and already a rich man, Nobel bought an elegant mansion - an "hôtel particulier" - at Avenue Malakoff, a fashionable quarter near the Arc de Triomphe and Bois-de-Boulogne.

Excerpt from the Will of Alfred Nobel:
The fountainhead of the Nobel Prize is a one page document, written by the testator without legal aid.

War and Peace in the Thinking of Alfred Nobel:
Was Alfred Nobel's view on the effects of weapons to deter war a comfortable way of defending his own activity?

San Remo – The Final Years:
In 1887, Nobel was forced to move out of France and settle down in San Remo, Italy where he spent the remaining years of his life until his death on December 10, 1896.

Aphorisms:
"Contentment is the only real wealth."