From the 'wrong' obituary to the prestigious Nobel Prize

Alfred Nobel may not have thought about the legacy or any prize for the next life, if he could not read the obituary of . himself.

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden in a family of engineers. Nobel's path to success was tragic, including the death of his brother Emil Nobel due to an explosion in his family's workshop.

The accident prompted Nobel to find a way to make nitroglycerine safer, and then invent explosives . Earlier, according to Live Science, despite the safety warnings, the Nobel family - which is still in business alongside research - still uses it in production.

Your own obituary

In 1888, Alfred Nobel read the obituary of . himself in a French newspaper with the words "The death dealer died . " The dead at that time were actually Ludvig Nobel, Alfred Nobel's brother, but it also made the scientist uneasy to start thinking about his legacy and what mankind would remember him after death.

Swedish inventor, chemist, engineer Alfred Nobel.

When reading his own obituary, the 55-year-old Nobel has in his hand hundreds of patents that are most famous for the discovery of explosives. It was the explosive that gave him the huge fortune and the name "death dealer" above. And yet, the French newspaper described Nobel as "getting rich by finding ways to kill people faster than ever".

When Nobel died at San Remo, Italy, on October 10, 1896, the world was surprised to read his last will. He spends most of his fortune honoring those who have devoted in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biomedical, Literature and Peace.

The person entrusted by the Nobel to carry out the will is two young engineers Ragnar Sohlman and Rudolf Lilljequist . They created the Nobel Foundation that managed the property and awarded it.

The amount of Nobel's prize for the prize is 31 million Swedish kronor (equivalent to 1,712 million kronor - $ 199 million - at the present time).

Until now, it was believed that it was the obituary of the French newspaper that awakened another person inside the Nobel, reviving in his desire to leave a meaningful legacy for society.

Why don't there be Nobel Maths?

The reason that many people believe the absence of the Nobel Prize for Mathematics is because Nobel's wife had an affair with a mathematician so he "persisted" not to award this field. The alleged sexual partner with Nobel's wife, Swedish mathematician Gosta Mittag-Leffler.

Swedish mathematician Gosta Mittag-Leffler.

However, Nobel was never married. He has an Austrian girlfriend, Sophie Hess , but there is no evidence that she has a relationship with Mittag-Leffler.

It is also assumed that Nobel is simply not interested in mathematics because it is a complete theoretical science, Nobel may argue that math "does not bring any concrete benefit to mankind".

In addition, at the time of Nobel's will, there was a famous mathematical prize, the Scandinavian award and perhaps Nobel's willingness to spend his money on other fields.

There is currently no convincing evidence to explain the absence of the Nobel Prize for Mathematics. Meanwhile, the assumption of a woman's disruption is very attractive, so it continues to be the most word-of-mouth story.

Where does the Nobel Prize in economics come from?

The full name of this award is the Swedish Bank's Economic Science Prize to commemorate Alfred Nobel. The prize was founded in 1968, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Swedish central bank.

The Nobel Prize for Economics was not founded by Nobel, nor did the prize come from the money he left behind. However, the Nobel Prize in Economics was also announced in the same round as other Nobel prizes, and was awarded at the same ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden (except for the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in Oslo, Norway).