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  2. Marie Curie - Wikipedia

    • Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie , known simply as Marie Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/ KURE-ee; French: [maʁi kyʁi]), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scien… See more

    BornMaria Salomea Skłodowska · 7 November 1867 · Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)
    Died4 July 1934 (aged 66) · Passy, Haute-Savoie, French Third Republic (now France)
    Cause of deathAplastic anaemia
    CitizenshipFrance (1895–1934)
    Life and career

    Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, in Congress Poland in the Russian Empire, on 7 November 1867, the fifth and youngest child of well-known teachers Bronisława, née Boguska, and Władysław Skłodowski. The elder s… See more

    Legacy

    The physical and societal aspects of the Curies' work contributed to shaping the world of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Cornell University professor L. Pearce Williams observes:
    The result … See more

     
  1. Marie Curie: A Radioactive Pioneer
    Marie Curie was a Polish-born French physicist who pioneered the study of radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry.
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  2. Marie Curie | Biography, Nobel Prize, Accomplishments, & Facts

     
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