Alfred Nobel: A Biography

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A biography of the inventor of dynamite and the founder of the Nobel Prize uses Nobel's unpublished letters to offer a compelling account of this introverted, sickly, moody, yet ultimately humane man. Reprint.

Genres: BiographyHistoryNonfictionBiography Memoir

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