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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.
