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Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie [a] ( Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri] ⓘ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie ( / ˈkjʊəri / KURE-ee, [1] French: [maʁi kyʁi] ), was a Polish and naturalised -French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
Jun 30, 2024 · Marie Curie (born November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire—died July 4, 1934, near Sallanches, France) was a Polish-born French physicist, famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Mar 5, 2024 · Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics, and with her later win, in Chemistry, she became the first person to claim Nobel honors twice.
Curie developed methods for the separation of radium from radioactive residues in sufficient quantities to allow for its characterization and the careful study of its properties, therapeutic properties in particular.
Marie Curie’s relentless resolve and insatiable curiosity made her an icon in the world of modern science. Indefatigable despite a career of physically demanding and ultimately fatal work, she discovered polonium and radium, championed the use of radiation in medicine and fundamentally changed our understanding of radioactivity.
Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Marie Curie, née Skłodowska. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903. Born: 7 November 1867, Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland) Died: 4 July 1934, Sallanches, France.
Jun 30, 2024 · 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.
Jun 8, 2017 · Shohini Ghose expounds on some of Marie Skłodowska Curie’s most revolutionary discoveries. Lesson by Shohini Ghose, animation by Anna Nowakowska. View full lesson:...
Read a short biography about Marie Curie. Follow her life story from birth, to her marriage to Pierre Curie, and the reasons why she was awarded two Nobel prizes.
Marie Curie is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her huge contribution to finding treatments for cancer. This work continues to inspire our charity's mission to drive fundamental change in end of life care so that everyone can have the best possible quality of life to the end.
