The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903
Awarded on: 1903-11-12
"in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel"
Marie Curie, née Skłodowska
Born: 1867-11-07 in Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland)
Gender: female
Field: Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
Biography
Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie "for their joint researches on the radioactivity phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for] the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element".
Nobel Prize Details
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911
Awarded on: 1911-11-07
"in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element"
Affiliations:
- Sorbonne University – Paris, France