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Question:
How did Marie Curie end up getting two Nobel Prizes?
Why did she get them and others didn't?
Is she the only woman to win two Nobel Prizes?
 ben t konen

Answer:
See my previous response for more details.
She was certainly the first person to win Nobels in
physics and chemistry, and I believe that she is also
the only woman to have ever done so. But there are other
Nobel prizes...peace, for example. Linus Pauling won
Nobels in chemistry and in peace.... this is something 
you'll have to research.
-prof topper