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Frederic Joliot, French physicist. Joliot (1900-1958) became assistant to Marie Curie in 1925. In 1926 he married Maries daughter Irene
Pierre Curie, French chemist. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel, for their work on radioactivity
Frederic Joliot, French physicist, c1930. The apparatus is a Wilson cloud chamber. Joliot (1900-1958) became assistant to Marie Curie in 1925
Pierre and Marie Curie, French scientists, at work in the laboratory. Polish-born Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre (1859-1906)
Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1910. Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel
Medal commemorating Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1967. Obverse of a medal issued in 1967 to commemorate the centenary of her birth
Title page of Oeuvres de Pierre Curie, 1908. French chemist Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and inventor. In 1866 Swedish chemist and industrialist Nobel (1833-1896) invented a safe and manageable form of nitroglycerine he called dynamite
Medal commemorating Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals. Van der Waals (1837-1923) won the 1910 Nobel prize for physics for his work on the equation defining the physical state of gases or
Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist. Van der Waals (1837-1923) won the 1910 Nobel prize for physics for his work on the equation defining the physical state of gases or liquids
Ilya Ilich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist. Mechnikov (1845-1916) continued the work of Louis Pasteur, specialising in the study of the immune system
Enrico Fermi, Italian-born American nuclear physicist, c1942. Fermi (1901-1954) constructed the first working nuclear reactor, in a squash court at the University of Chicago in 1942
Wilsons cloud chamber, c1927. Artist: Charles Thomson Rees WilsonWilsons cloud chamber, c1927. Charles Thompson Rees Wilson (1869-1959), Scottish nuclear and atomic physicist, was award the 1927 Nobel prize for Physics for the invention of his cloud chamber
Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945. Nobel prize medal awarded to bacteriologist Alexander Fleming. Fleming is shown in profile, in relief, with French text round the edge
Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian author, Veshenskaya, USSR, 1960s. Sholokhov (1905-1984) is best known for his novel And Quiet Flows the Don, published in 1940
Ivan Bunin, Russian author, late 1890s. Artist: Georgi Vasilievich TrunovIvan Bunin, Russian author, late 1890s. Bunin (1870-1953) was a short story writer and novelist. He was not a supporter of the Bolsheviks and left Russia after the Revolution
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), Swedish physicist and chemist in his laboratory, 1909. Arrhenius work covered a wide range of subjects including immunology, cosmic physics and environmental issues
Edward Victor Appleton (1892-1965), English physicist. Appleton won the Nobel prize for physics in 1947 for his work on the ionosphere (Appleton layer)
Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist in 1921. Curie (1867-1934) with Dean Pegram of the School of Engineering, Columbia University, New York, during her tour of the United States
Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist with members of her family in Warsaw, Poland, 1912. Marie Curie (1867-1934), with her sisters Hela Szalay and Bronya Dluska
Karl Bosch, German chemist, c1930s. In 1910 Bosch (1874-1940) and Fritz Haber patented the Haber-Bosch process for the industrial production of ammonia
Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born physicist and the founder of nuclear physics. Rutherford (1871-1937) won a scholarship to Cambridge
The Curie family, late 19th century. Standing (left to right): Jacques, Pierre (1859-1908), French chemist who married Marie Sklodowska with whom he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904
Manya Sklodowska (Marie Curie) and her sister Bronya (seated), 1886. The future Nobel Prizewinning physicist before she left her native Poland for France
Mr Sklodowski with his three surviving daughters, c1886Mr Sklodovski with his three surviving daughters, c1886. Left to right; Manya (Marie Curie) (1867-1934), Bronya ( Bronya Dluska) and Hela Sklodowsaka
Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen, German physicist, 1901. The discover of X-rays, Roentgen was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1901. Photograph courtesy of the Nobel Foundation
George von Bekesy (1899-1972), Hungarian-born American physiologist. He won the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1961 for his pioneering research into the function of the inner ear
(Antoine) Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), French physicist. In 1896 Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity while investigating the phosphorescence of uranium salts
Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian Arctic explorer, scientist and diplomat, 1915. Nansen made the first crossing of Greenland in 1888
JJ Thomson, British physicist, at work in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, c1922. Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885-1962) is best known for his work on quantum mechanics and atomic structure
JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1922. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics
Robert Koch (1843-1910), German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratoryRobert Koch (1843-1910, German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought a cure for Tuberculosis)
William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Artist: SpyWilliam Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Ramsay (1852-1916) discovered four of the inert gases, Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon, for which he won the the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1904
Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1904. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, British scientist, 1899. Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919) isolated the element Argon, one of the noble (inert) gases
Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), German bacteriologistPaul Ehrlich (1854-1915) German bacteriologist. Specialist in the fields of Haematology, Chemotherapy and Immunology. Shared Nobel prize for medicine or physiology with Mechnikov in 1908
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher and mathematician. Nobel prize for literature 1950
Eugene Gladstone O Neil, American playwright, c1920Eugene Gladstone O Neil (1888-1953) American playwright, c1920
Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss philanthropist, 1902. Dunant (1828-1910) inspired the foundation of the International Red Cross after the Battle of Solferino (1859)
Rene Francois Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet, 1902. Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907) was awarded the first Nobel prize for Literature in 1901
Frederic Passy, French economist and writer, 1902. Passy (1822-1912) shared the first Nobel Peace prize with Henri Dunant in 1901
Max Planck, German theoretical physicist, mid 20th century. Max Karl Ernst Planck (1858-1947) formulated Quantum Theory, for which he was awarded the 1918 Nobel prize for physics
Frederick Grant Banting (1891-1941), Canadian physiologist, 1923. Banting and his assistant, CH Best, discovered insulin in 1921
Ernest Rutherford broadcasting during a home visit to New Zealand in 1926. In 1908 Rutherford (1871-1937), New Zealand atomic physicist
Sir Joseph John Thomson, physicist and inventor, 1900Sir Joseph John Thomson, British physicist and inventor, 1900. Thomson studied sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduating
Emil Fischer, German organic chemist, 1904. Photographed with scientific instruments. In 1874 he discovered the first hydrazine base, phenylhydrazine
Marie and Pierre Curie, physicists, 1904. Photograph with their daughter Irene. Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by H Becquerel
