Pierre Curie

Born 1859

Marie Curie becomes the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, sharing it for the discovery of radioactivity. She would win a second Nobel—in chemistry—in 1911, r…

• 1903 CE

  Marie Curie wins Nobel Prize in Physics

  Marie Curie becomes the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, sharing it for the discovery of radioactivity. She would win a second Nobel—in chemistry—in 1911, remaining the only person to win Nobels in two different sciences.