Was the Nobel who invented the Nobel prize some sort of explosives expert? What made him decide to start giving awards, especially the Peace Prize?
Yes, Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was in fact the inventor of dynamite and other explosive compounds. Nobel's will established a trust fund for awards in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. This will came as a surprise, and one can only speculate as to his motivations. Perhaps it was meant as an act of atonement, as Albert Einstein speculated in 1945, or perhaps Nobel had always seen himself as working for peace, believing that a balance of powerful weaponry would prevent wars from taking place. Only he knew for sure.
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Je, Nobel ambaye alivumbua tuzo ya Nobel alikuwa aina fulani ya mtaalamu wa mabomu ya kulipuka? Ni nini kilichomfanya aamue kuanza kutoa tuzo, hasa Tuzo ya Amani? Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) alikuwa mwanzilishi wa dynamite na kemikali nyingine za kulipuka. Agano la Nobel lilianzisha mfuko wa amana kwa ajili ya tuzo katika nyanja za fizikia, kemia, fizikia au dawa, fasihi, na amani. Hilo litakuja kuwa jambo la kushangaza, na mtu aweza tu kukisia-kisia kuhusu nia yake. "Labda ilikuwa ni tendo la upatanisho, kama vile Albert Einstein alivyodhani mwaka wa 1945 au labda Nobel alikuwa amejiona daima kuwa anafanya kazi kwa ajili ya amani, akiamini kwamba usawa wa silaha zenye nguvu ungezuia vita kutokea.""" Yeye tu ndiye aliyejua kwa hakika. - Mnyama wa Ukweli