Marie Curie
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie, known simply as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her husband, Pierre Curie, was a co-winner of her first Nobel Prize, making them the first married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was, in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.
Pierre Curie
Witness the extraordinary life of a brilliant scientist whose passion and collaboration with his wife changed the course of physics forever.
By Marie Curie
Radio-Active Substances
Uncover the secrets of invisible rays as a pioneering scientist explores the amazing properties of newly discovered elements that challenge the very foundations of physics.
By Marie Curie
The Discovery of Radium Address by Madame M. Curie at Vassar College
** In the early 1900's, discover how perseverance and scientific curiosity led one woman to isolate a radiant element that would change the landscape of medicine and physics forever.
By Marie Curie