Fun and Games

Abstract

Far from the stereotype of the mad loner scientist in his or her isolated laboratory, there are many examples of science as a family affair. Together, the Curie family hold the record for the most Nobel Prizes received: Marie (Physics, 1903, and Chemistry, 1911), Pierre (Physics, 1903), their daughter Irene Joliot-Curie (Chemistry, 1935, with husband Frederic Joliot-Curie) and another son-in-law Henry Labouisse (Nobel Peace Prize, 1965, as director of UNICEF).