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Marie Curie
Only person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences (Physics 1903, Chemistry 1911); discovered radium
Poland/France ๐ 1898 Key Scientists
Key Facts
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Discovered polonium (named for Poland) and radium in 1898; coined the term "radioactivity"
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First woman to win a Nobel Prize (Physics, 1903); first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Chemistry, 1911)
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Her research pioneered cancer radiotherapy; she died of aplastic anaemia from radiation exposure in 1934
๐ฌ Did you know? Curie's notebooks are still too radioactive to handle safely; they are stored in lead-lined boxes in Paris โ researchers must sign a waiver to read them
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Key Scientists
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๐ Poland/France
Year / Era
1898
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Only person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences (Physics 1903, Chemistry 1911)