an update as to the use of dynamite - how that developed and also as to how the Nobel Prize developed.

1. Alfred Nobel (1833 – 1896) Update

2. 1888 A French newspaper writes that Alfred Nobel has died. Nobel does not want to be remembered as being a man who spent his life making bombs and exploding things. He writes his will in 1895.

3. 1864 Dynamite http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rhymer.net/New%2520Folder/dynamite.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rhymer.net/New%2520Folder/dynamite.htm&h=387&w=500&sz=35&hl=en&start=11&tbnid=Dff0pFHF9CdfsM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddynamite%26ndsp%3D21%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

5. www.nato.int/multi/photos/2001/m011015a.htm Albania 2001

6. ANFO Ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. The “fertiliser bomb.” http://portland.indymedia.org/icon/2006/04/338039.jpg

7. C-4 Plastic explosive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-4_(explosive)

9. There have been 768 Prizes awarded so far… Wangari Maathai 2004 Mother Teresa 1979 Linus Pauling 1954 - Chemistry 1962 - Peace Bishop Mpila Tutu 1984 Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibet) 1989 Kim Dae-Jung 2000 Nelson Mandela 1993

10. Physics: J ohn C. Mather and George F. Smoot "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation" Chemistry: R oger D. Kornberg "for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription" Ph ysiology or Medicine: Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello "for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA" Orhan Pamuk "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures" Peace: Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below" Prize in Economics: Edmund S. Phelps "for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy" 2006