Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize twice with her groundbreaking research on radioactivity. Learn about her achievements, family ...

Marie Curie holds a special place in Nobel Prize history—not only the first woman to win the prize, but also one of very few people to have been awarded a second. Both were connected with the element ...

They called it the shed, though it was more of a dilapidated hangar. A former anatomy theater, it housed old pinewood tables, a cast-iron stove and a blackboard—all under a high ceiling that leaked.

In Dava Sobel's latest book, "The Elements of Marie Curie," the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of "Galileo’s Daughter," chronicles the life and work of the ...

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She also left behind several memorable quotations, the most emblematic being: “Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to ...

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Before she had even taken her first step in the United States in 1921, Marie Curie had already discovered the element radium and received a Nobel Prize for its radioactive discovery and diverse ...

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Glow like a ball of radium at a party celebrating the woman who discovered it. The Mütter Museum is gearing up to host its first Radiant Ball inspired by Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Even in the world of science, it is not every ...