Science History Publications/USA

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel: Networks of Innovation

(Archives of the Nobel Museum 10)

Ulf Larsson

CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

St. Petersburg – The Childhood Milieus of Alfred Nobel and His First Experiences with Nitroglycerin

Innovations – Alfred Nobel’s Inventions in an Industrial and Practical Context

Networks – The Creation and Transformation of Alfred Nobel’s Industrial Empire

Paris – Alfred Nobel in Paris: the Life of a Well-Educated and Wealthy Man

The Last Will – The Origins of the Nobel Prize

References

Acknowledgments

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2008, 216 pp., black and white and full color illustrations, quality paperbound, trim size  7 ¾ by 12 inches,  ISBN 0-88135-399-X;  978-0-88135-399-0.  $ 40.00

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