Marie curie birthday
This month in Science History – November born Scientist!
Science is constantly evolving, helping us understand our world better. Throughout history, the 11th month of the year has been when many great inventors and scientists were born.
Here are a few famous scientists who celebrated their birthday this month!
Marie Curie
Born: 7th November, 1867
Profession: A chemist and a physicist
Honours: Nobel Prize for Physics and Chemistry.
Known for: Her experiments on Uranium minerals (1898) that led to the discovery of two new elements – Polonium and Radium.
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Born: 7th November, 1888
Profession: A physicist
Honours: Nobel Prize in Physics, Bharat Ratna, Hughes Medal, Matteucci Medal, Franklin Medal, Lenin Peace Prize
Known for: The Raman effect, researches in optics and acoustics.
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Born: 30 November, 1858
Profession: A polymath, physicist, biologist, biophysicist, botanist and archaeolog Born in september!