Who among the following is/are recipients/s of the Nobel Prize twice?
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Marie Curie
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Linus Pauling
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Both 1 and 2
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None of these
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Correct answer
Explanation
Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize twice - in Physics (1903) for her work on radiation phenomena and in Chemistry (1911) for discovering radium and polonium. Linus Pauling also won twice - the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) for his work on chemical bonding and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962) for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing. They are among the very few individuals who have achieved this distinction.