Nobel Prize facts of the Curie family

Nobel Prize facts of the Curie family

Marie Curie's First Nobel Prize (1903) :: Marie Curie, along with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their joint research on radiation phenomena. She became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Marie Curie's Second Nobel Prize (1911) :: Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium, becoming the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different fields.

Pierre Curie's Nobel Prize (1903) :: Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with his wife Marie Curie and Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity.

Irène Joliot-Curie's Nobel Prize (1935) :: Irène Joliot-Curie, the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with her husband Frédéric Joliot-Curie for their synthesis of new radioactive elements.

Frédéric Joliot-Curie's Nobel Prize (1935) :: Frédéric Joliot-Curie, the son-in-law of Marie and Pierre Curie, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife Irène Joliot-Curie for their joint research on artificial radioactivity.