5 things you need to know about Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Today is the third day of 'Nobel Week'. The Royal Swedish Academy will announce the name of Nobel Laureates for Chemistry.

Here are a few things you need to know about the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

1. Four women were awarded the prize in chemistry - Marie Curie, Irène Joliot-Curie, Dorothy Hodgkin, Ada Yonath

2. Marie Curie is the only person to have won Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry.

3. The two oldest living Nobel Laureates are 1997 Chemistry Laureates Paul Boyer (97) and Jens Soku who will turn 97 on Thursday!

4.Frederick Sanger is the only person awarded with 2 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, 1958 and 1980

5. This is how The Royal Swedish Academy of Science chooses Chemistry Laureates

The process of selecting the Chemistry Laureates #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/tuRsPj7NfY

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2015