The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903
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Antoine Henri Becquerel
Prize share: 1/2
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Pierre Curie
Prize share: 1/4
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Marie Curie, née Sklodowska
Prize share: 1/4
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 was divided, one half awarded to Antoine Henri Becquerel "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity", the other half jointly to Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, née Sklodowska "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel"
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