Ralph Steinmann, who was given the Nobel Prize for Science, recently passed away from pancreatic cancer. The document then discusses Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, and details the origins of the Nobel Prizes, including how Alfred Nobel accumulated his fortune through explosives like dynamite and established the prizes in his will to be remembered for something good after a mistaken obituary portrayed him negatively.

1. Ralph Steinmann
Steve Jobs
(died last week from pancreatic
cancer) 01 10 11

2. • One was founder of Apple and anything
beginning with i.
• The other was given a Nobel prize for Science

3. The Nobel ‘Peace’ Prize
• Alfred Nobel
• His Dad was an entrepreneur and invented the
naval mine and made lots of money
• Alfred was sent to Stockholm to learn
Chemistry an engineering and worked with
inventor of nitro glycerine. Much better than
gunpowder for mining

4. • Nobel concentrated on making it into an explosive
but many died as it was so unstable until he made a
paste and called it dynamite.
• Governments became interested, as there was an
arms race between countries, in explosives.
• When he died in 1896 he had 350 patents and labs in
20 countries.
• But before he died he read a mistaken obituary
about himself that described his activities but made
him responsible for many deaths.

5. Nobel Prizes
• So in his will he left his money to set up the
Nobel prizes. They are prestigious but also
worth a lot of money.
• He wanted to be remembered for doing
something good