Trivia: Who is the youngest woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics?
Rachel Carson
Marie Curie
Jane Goodall
Rosalind Franklin
The correct answer is Marie Curie
So why is this answer correct? : In 1903, Polish physicist Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in physics at the age of 36 for her discovery of polonium (named after her home country) and radium. More than a century later, she’s still the youngest woman to win in the category. In 1913, Curie also won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, becoming the first and only scientist to win two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields.