1867 - 1934 (aged 67)
Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist of Polish upbringing and, subsequently, French citizenship.
She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the first twice-honored Nobel laureate (and still the only one in two different sciences) and the first female professor at the University of Paris.
Type | Title | Year |
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Noble Prize | Physics - Radiation | 1903 |
Book | Chemistry - Discovery of the elements radium and polonium | 1911 |