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  1. Marie Curie - Wikipedia

    Marie won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements polonium and radium, using techniques she invented for isolating radioactive isotopes. Under her direction, the world's first …

  2. Marie Curie | Biography, Nobel Prize, Accomplishments, & Facts

    Dec 8, 2025 · 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 …

  3. Marie Curie: Biography, Scientist, Physics Nobel Prize, and Movie

    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.

  4. Marie Curie the scientist | Bio, facts & quotes

    Marie Curie's life as a scientist was one which flourished because of her ability to observe, deduce and predict. She is also arguably the first woman to make such a significant contribution to science.

  5. Marie Curie – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

    Marie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific …

  6. Marie Curie - Nuclear Museum

    Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist. Curie was a pioneer in researching radioactivity, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and Chemistry …

  7. Discover the Incredible Life and Work of Marie Curie

    Marie Curie was the first woman to be appointed professor in a French university. This was a traumatic time for Marie Curie, but her determination and scientific rigor led to international...

  8. Marie Sklodowska Curie - Science History Institute

    A two-time Nobel laureate, Marie Curie is best known for her pioneering studies of radioactivity.

  9. Marie Curie: A Scientific Legacy Who Changed the World

    The article “Marie Curie: A Scientific Legacy Who Changed the World” from BBC's HistoryExtra explores the life and groundbreaking scientific achievements of Marie Curie. From her difficult childhood in …

  10. December 1898: The Curies Discover Radium - American Physical Society

    In the spring of 1894, Marie's search for laboratory space led to a fateful introduction to Pierre Curie, a scientist some 10 years her senior who had done pioneering work on magnetism. The son of a …