1. Technician family
On October 21, 1833, a thin baby was born in this family. He was the future dynamite king Nobel. Nobel was frail and sickly since he was a child, but he was strong-willed and unwilling to lag behind.
Nobel’s father was very concerned about little Nobel’s interests and hobbies. He often told him stories about scientists and encouraged him to grow up and become a useful person. Once, Nobel saw his father developing explosives. He asked with his big round eyes: "Dad, explosives hurt people and are terrible things. Why do you want to make them?" His father replied: "It can be used to mine. , Road construction, many places need it!" Nobel nodded in understanding and said, "Yes, I will also make explosives when I grow up."
Nobel's mother Yasai is. A well-educated woman with a cheerful personality, smart and kind, optimistic and confident. She was both strict and loving towards her children, and often took Nobel to do some labor such as watering flowers, weeding, and removing garbage.
In 1841, when Nobel was 8 years old, he entered the local Yuotai Primary School. In school, he studied hard and often ranked among the best.
At this time, Nobel's father had gone to work in neighboring Finland because of difficulties in making a living. He and his mother remain in Stockholm.
Not long after, a type of mine invented by Nobel's father was known to the Russian minister. The minister visited his products and appreciated them very much. He warmly invited him to work in Russia and sent him to Petersburg (Leningrad). The mines he created were used by the Russian army to block the advance of the British fleet during the Crimean War in 1853.
In 1842, Nobel's family moved to Petersburg, Russia. 9-year-old Nobel cannot enter the local school because he does not understand Russian and is in poor health. His father hired a tutor to tutor his three brothers in cultural studies. The teacher often conducted performance assessments and reported learning status to his father. Nobel made rapid progress. After studying, he likes to follow his father and do odd jobs in the factory.
Nobel followed his father and watched his father design and develop mines, mine boats and explosives. He heard and saw it, and in his young mind, the ideal of dedicating himself to science sprouted. His father also wanted him to learn mechanics and become a mechanic when he grew up.
In 1850, the 17-year-old Nobel traveled across the ocean to the United States in the name of an engineer and interned in the factory of the famous Engineer Allison. After the internship ended, he visited European and American countries for four years before returning home. During the inspection, wherever he went, he immediately started working and gained an in-depth understanding of the industrial development of various countries.
Nobel had been frail and sick since he was a child, and he was particularly diligent. In the summer of 1854, his illness became more and more serious. As a last resort, he had to put down his work for medical treatment. During the treatment, he wrote to his father and said: "I hope to end this nomadic life soon and start a new life with more activities. The current life is killing my time and is really annoying." There is no waiting for the disease. Completely fine, he devoted himself to work and study.
Nobel’s father moved back to Sweden in 1859. At that time, many countries urgently required the development of the mining industry and accelerated the speed of extraction. The inability of explosives to meet this need was a major problem that needed to be solved urgently. Nobel, who understood the industrial conditions of various countries, strengthened his determination to improve the production of explosives.
At this moment, a surprising news came: France invented explosives with excellent performance. In fact, this news is inaccurate.
It turns out that when General Piggot, a famous French ordnance expert, was studying to improve the range and speed of bullets, he found that it was impossible to achieve better results with existing explosives, and the explosives must be improved. As a result, the Army Department organized its forces and began to study explosives. This incident prompted Nobel to go all out to study explosives.
Nobel stayed in the laboratory all day long, looking up information, and doing various explosive tests again and again. His parents understood the dangers of working with explosives and were unhappy about his change of major. One day, his father said to him: "Son, your profession is to work on machinery. You should concentrate on your job and not be distracted in other aspects."
Nobel said: "It is very important to improve explosives. Once used in production, it will create great wealth for mankind." Of course danger is inevitable, I just try to be careful. ”
From then on, Nobel often publicized and explained the importance of improving explosives to relatives and friends. In this way, more and more people sympathized with and supported him. Even his parents who were opposed to him were impressed by his strong will. I was so moved that I had to acquiesce.