Four Nobel prize winners in one remarkable family


          We all know that possessing a Nobel Prize for an individual is a high credit for his life time achievement.  One Nobel prize speaks about the sincerity on the hard work done and isn’t it astonishing to find a family filled with Nobel Laureates ? It is amazing to know the Curie family where four of the family members have won Nobel prizes.

Mary Curie won :
1. Nobel Prize in Physics – 1903
2. Nobel Prize in Chemistry – 1911

Her Husband, Pierre Curie won :
3. Nobel Prize in Physics – 1903

Their daughter, Irene-Joliot Curie won :
4.Nobel Prize for Chemistry – 1935

Irene’s husband, Jean Frederic Joliot won :
5. Nobel Prize for Chemistry – 1935
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