Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to only three women since 1901; know who they are

Royal Swedish Acemy of Sciences on October 6 anunced winner of this year's bel Prize in Physics. award went to Roger Penrose for discovery that black hole formation, and jointly to Max Planck and Andrea Ghez for discovery of a supermassive compact object at centre of our galaxy. Last year award was won by Canian-born cosmologist James Peebles for oretical work about early moments after Big Bang, and Swiss astromers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for discovering a planet outside our solar system.  

But did you kw that only three women so far have won prestigious award since it was first given in 1901? three women to have won award are Marie Curie in 1903, Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963, and Donna Strickland in 2018. 

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Marie Curie - 1903

Marie Curie was a Polish-French physicist who won bel prize in physics for her pioneering research in rioactivity. She became first person and only woman to win bel prize twice and only person to win it in two scientific fields. She was awarded bel prize in chemistry in 1911 for her discovery of two elements, polonium, and rium. She was so proud of Polish identity that she named polonium after that. 

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Maria Goeppert Mayer - 1963

German-American scientist Maria Goeppert Mayer became second person in 1963 to receive bel prize in physics. She was given award for proposing nuclear shell model of atomic nucleus. She developed a mamatical model for structure of nuclear shells. She h earned her doctorate for writing a sis on ory of possible two-photon absorption by atoms. It was difficult to prove it through an experiment at that time but later on when laser was developed sis was proved. 

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Donna Strickland - 2018

Canian physicist Donna Strickland became third woman to win bel prize in physics in 2018. She was awarded prize for practical implementation of chirped pulse amplification along with fellow French scientist Gerard Albert Mourou.

bel prize

bel prize, which is given in hour of Swedish scientist Alfred bel, comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million Swedish kror, which is more than $1.1 million. Each prize can be shared by three laureates at most. Laureates are anunced every year in mid-October immediately after y have been chosen and awarding ceremony takes place on December 10, on death anniversary of Alfred bel.

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