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Marie Curie
1867–1934
A pioneering physicist and chemist, Marie Curie transformed our understanding of radioactivity and became the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. Her discoveries of polonium and radium helped open the door to modern nuclear physics and medicine.
6 Audiobooks
Radio-Active Substances
by Marie Curie
Pierre Curie
by Marie Curie
Recherches sur les substances radioactives
by Marie Curie
Untersuchungen über die radioaktiven Substanzen von Marie Curie, übersetzt und mit Litteratur-Ergänzungen versehen von W. Kaufmann
by Marie Curie
La Radiologie et La Guerre
by Marie Curie
About the author
Born Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw in 1867, Marie Curie moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, where she met physicist Pierre Curie. Together, they investigated radioactivity and discovered the elements polonium and radium. Their work earned them the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with Henri Becquerel.
Curie received the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her research on radium and polonium, making her the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two scientific fields. During World War I, she also helped develop mobile X-ray units for battlefield hospitals. She died in France in 1934 from illness linked to prolonged exposure to radiation.