Three Scientists Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Study Related to the Black Hole

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Three Scientists Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Study Related to the Black Hole

 

Facts of Nobel Prize in Physics provided by the prizes' official website:

- 113 Nobel Prizes in Physics have been awarded between 1901 and 2019.

- 47 Physics Prizes have been given to one Laureate only.

-  Four women have been awarded the Physics Prize so far: Marie Curie in 1903, Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963, Donna Strickland in 2018 and Andrea Ghez in 2020.

- One person, John Bardeen, has been awarded the Physics Prize twice.

- 25 years was the age of the youngest Physics Laureate ever, Lawrence Bragg, when he was awarded the 1915 Physics Prize together with his father.

- 96 years is the age of the oldest Physics Laureate, Arthur Ashkin.

There will be no traditional Nobel Awarding Ceremony in Stockholm this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.