The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Marie Curie
On Nov. 7, 1911, Marie Curie’s birthday (born 1867), she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “in…
pierre and marie Curie, vanity fair
Caricature of Pierre and Marie Curie. Caption read “Radium.” Published in Vanity Fair, Dec. 22, 1904. In 1903,…
Marie and Pierre Curie isolated a new element that came to be called ‘radium’
In 1903, the Nobel Prize in Physics was divided, one half awarded to Antoine Henri Becquerel “in recognition…
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The Nobel Foundation was established
On Nov. 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. He specified…