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Nobel Prize (Chemistry): Her second Nobel Prize: after the 1903 Physics Prize. He considered himself a physicist and joked about his 'transformation into a chemist'. He later also won the Nobel Peace Prize (1962). His process still feeds billions of people today. The theoretical explanation came largely from Lise Meitner, who was overlooked. She solved the structures of vitamin B12 and penicillin, among others. 1958 for the structure of insulin, 1980 for DNA sequencing. One of the founders of modern organic chemistry. The first time a science Nobel went to an all-women pair. Good to know: Marie Curie remains the only person with Nobel Prizes in two different sciences: physics and chemistry. Oddly, the „father of nuclear physics“ won the prize in chemistry and joked about his own „transformation into a chemist“. Linus Pauling later also won the Nobel Peace Prize: the only person with two unshared Nobel Prizes. Yet for his role in WWI, Haber is also called the 'father of chemical warfare'.
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Marie Curie
Her second Nobel Prize: after the 1903 Physics Prize.
💡 Did you know? Marie Curie remains the only person with Nobel Prizes in two different sciences: physics and chemistry.
Ernest Rutherford
He considered himself a physicist and joked about his 'transformation into a chemist'.
💡 Did you know? Oddly, the „father of nuclear physics“ won the prize in chemistry and joked about his own „transformation into a chemist“.
Linus Pauling
He later also won the Nobel Peace Prize (1962).
💡 Did you know? Linus Pauling later also won the Nobel Peace Prize: the only person with two unshared Nobel Prizes.
Fritz Haber
His process still feeds billions of people today.
💡 Did you know? Yet for his role in WWI, Haber is also called the 'father of chemical warfare'.
Otto Hahn
The theoretical explanation came largely from Lise Meitner, who was overlooked.
💡 Did you know? Hahn's collaborator Lise Meitner explained nuclear fission but was passed over for the prize: an oversight still criticised today.
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