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• Madam Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize.
• First Nobel Prize: Physics (1903)
• Second Nobel Prize: Chemistry (1911)
• She is best known for her pioneering research on radioactivity.
• She discovered the elements Radium and Polonium.

Additional information:

• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Germany) was the first male Nobel Prize winner.
• He received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
• He was awarded for the discovery of X-rays (1895).

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Explanation

• The United States of America has received the highest number of Nobel Prizes since the Nobel Prize was established.

Top 5 Countries by Nobel Laureates:

• United States – 403
• United Kingdom – 137
• Germany – 111
• France – 71
• Sweden – 32

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Explanation

• Nobel Prizes are awarded by Sweden.
• Founder: Alfred Nobel
• First Awarded: 1901
• Award Ceremony: 10 December every year
• Awarded in Sweden: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Economics
• Awarded in Norway: Peace Prize

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Explanation

• Dr. Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.
• He received the award for his contribution to the Electroweak Theory, which unified the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.

Additional information:

• Born: 29 January 1926, Jhang, Punjab
• Died: 21 November 1996
• Ph.D.: 1952, Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
• Achievement: First Pakistani Nobel laureate and second Muslim Nobel laureate

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• The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded every year on 10 December in Oslo, Norway.
• The ceremony is held at Oslo City Hall.
• 10 December marks the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel in 1896.
• The Peace Prize is the only Nobel Prize awarded in Norway.
• Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Physiology or Medicine Prizes: Stockholm, Sweden

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