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about SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHIES. A two-time Nobel laureate, Marie Curie is best known for her pioneering studies of radioactivity. Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes: the first in 1903 in physics, shared with Pierre Curie (her husband) and Henri Becquerel for the discovery of the phenomenon ...
Nov 7, 2011 · Marie Curie won not just one Nobel Prize in her lifetime, but two, for her groundbreaking work in radioactivity. By: History.com Staff Updated: February 22, 2021 | Original: November 7, 2011
Dec 14, 2020 · Famous Scientists. Women’s History. Marie Curie: 7 Facts About the Groundbreaking Scientist. Marie Curie is recognized throughout the world not only for her groundbreaking Nobel...
By Michele Feder. 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.
Marie Curie, orig. Maria Skłodowska, (born Nov. 7, 1867, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire—died July 4, 1934, near Sallanches, France), Polish-born French physical chemist. She studied at the Sorbonne (from 1891). Seeking the presence of radioactivity —recently discovered by Henri Becquerel in uranium—in other matter, she found it in thorium.
Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist who became the first woman to win a Nobel prize. Along with her husband Pierre, she discovered two elements: polonium and radium. She also carried out...
Marie Curie, now at the highest point of her fame and, from 1922, a member of the Academy of Medicine, devoted her researches to the study of the chemistry of radioactive substances and the medical applications of these substances.
