The Reader’s Notebook: Marie Curie
A two-time Nobel laureate, Marie Curie is best known for her pioneering studies of radioactivity.
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 of radioactivity, and the second in 1911 in chemistry for the discovery of the radioactive elements polonium and radium.
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