Marie Curie is the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different sciences
Marie Curie is the only scientist in history to be awarded Nobel prizes in two different categories, she was awarded her first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her work on radiation, and a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 for her discovery and work on radium and polonium Marie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. Marie Curie
