Lagu, I (and probably many others here) remember learning of this and many other things in world history class when I was young. As for what they teach children in modern times, well, we older folks often wonder...

Mr. Nobel, among many others, made very important contributions to the wealth of human knowledge used to provide for our economies and our societies that we take for granted. It would be hard to imagine mining for minerals without the safe explosives we use today. One thing certain about the Nobel Prize, is that Alfred Nobel will never be forgotten as long as the prize continues to exist and continues to be awarded to those who are arguably among the greatest of us.