In 1866, a Swedish chemist came up with a concoction that went boom. And it would change the world - in ways no one could imagine. This is the story of Alfred Nobel and the creation of dynamite.SourcesNobel Prize Website: https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobels-life-and-work/Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel"Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlfredNobel2.jpgThe Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.comInterested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices