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First, Marie Skłodowska Curie won in 1903 for her studies of radioactivity. She shared the prize with her husband, Pierre Curie, and with the other discoverer of radioactivity, Henri Bequerel.

Originally, the Nobel committee had only selected Pierre Curie — but he refused t...

• The Nobel prize is described as the worlds’ most prestigious prize in the Oxford Dictionary of Contemporary History.
• Sitting inside the Grand Hall at the Nobel Institute, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announces the nominations in October every year, something looked at w...

• In contrast to what people think, Pavlov was a Russian physiologist who quit priesthood to pursue science;
• Famously known for his theory of classical conditioning - where an external stimuli can have direct influence in a behavioral response;
• He won a Nobe...