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Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri] ⓘ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie (/ ˈ k j ʊər i / KURE-ee, French: [maʁi kyʁi]), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 was divided, one half awarded to Antoine Henri Becquerel "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity", the other half jointly to Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, née Skłodowska "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena ...
Using a makeshift workspace, Marie Curie began, in 1897, a series of experiments that would pioneer the science of radioactivity, change the world of medicine, and increase our understanding of the structure of the atom. Early Life and Overcoming Obstacles. Marie Curie became famous for the work she did in Paris.
Descriptive list of some of the most significant achievements of pioneering scientist Marie Curie, whose work focused on radioactivity. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and she is the only woman to win the award in two different fields.
Learn about the life and achievements of Marie Curie, the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes in different fields.
Marie Curie successfully created a large laboratory devoted to research into radiation and studies of its biological effects. The Radium Institute in Paris was inaugurated in 1914. Irène would meet her future husband Frédéric Joliot in the laboratory there. During the 1914-18 war, Marie Curie helped organize the army’s radiology department.
Marie Curie Biographical . M arie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. She became involved in a students’ revolutionary organization and found it prudent to leave Warsaw, then in the part of Poland dominated by Russia ...
