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First woman Physics Nobel winner in 55 years (Original Post) shenmue Oct 2018 OP
Only 3 women have won Nobels for Physics irisblue Oct 2018 #1
HUGE CONGRATS Me. Oct 2018 #2
About fucking time ismnotwasm Oct 2018 #3

irisblue

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1. Only 3 women have won Nobels for Physics
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:58 PM
Oct 2018

Marie Curie 1903-she & her husband helped to lay down basic principles of radiography

Maria Goeppert Mayer 1963- for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus

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