Nobel Laureates - Physics

A profile of Marie Curie, one of the most important and well-known woman scientists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She played a key role in the discovery of radioactivity and its properties.

A mathematician and physicist, Maria Goeppert Mayer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for her work on the nuclear shell structure.

With husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel, honored for research in "radiation phenomena."

American honored with others for work with nuclear shell structure.