My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions
Born in Stockholm, Sweden. My father was an engineer and inventor who went bankrupt, moved us to St. Petersburg, and rebuilt. I was privately tutored, spoke five languages by 17. Studied chemistry in Paris under Theophile-Jules Pelouze. My brother Emil was killed in a nitroglycerin explosion at our factory in 1864. That drove me to tame the substance. Mixed nitroglycerin with diatomaceous earth: dynamite. Stable, safe to handle, devastating when detonated. Then detonating caps. Then blasting gelatin. Then ballistite. 355 patents. Factories in 20 countries. Then I read my own obituary -- a French newspaper confused me with my brother Ludvig and published it. The headline: The Merchant of Death Is Dead. I decided my fortune should fund prizes for peace, literature, and science. Tip: What the world says about you after you die matters. You still have time to change the story. My friend Bertha von Suttner convinced me the peace prize was essential.
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Safe demonstrations of exothermic reactions, combustion chemistry, and energy release. No explosives -- but you will understand why nitroglycerin is unstable and how adding diatomaceous earth makes it...
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I read my own obituary and it horrified me. Merchant of Death. So I rewrote my legacy. This workshop: write the obituary you want published, then work backwards. What do you need to do between now and...
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One-on-one session. I held 355 patents in multiple countries. I will teach you patent strategy: what to patent, where to file, how to create a patent portfolio that protects your business, and how to ...
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Complete lab safety kit: goggles, face shield, nitrile gloves, lab coat, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, chemical spill kit. My brother died in an explosion. Safety is not optional. Every experiment...
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