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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903

"in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity"
"in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel"
Antoine Henri Becquerel Pierre Curie Marie Curie, née Sklodowska
Antoine Henri Becquerel Pierre Curie Marie Curie, née Sklodowska
half 1/2 of the prize quarter 1/4 of the prize quarter 1/4 of the prize
France France France
École Polytechnique
Paris, France		 École municipale de physique et de chimie industrielles (Municipal School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry)
Paris, France
b. 1852
d. 1908		 b. 1859
d. 1906		 b. 1867
(in Warsaw, Poland, then Russian Empire)
d. 1934
 
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