Science & TechnologyPolish1867 – 1934
Marie Curie
First female Nobel Prize winner, discovered polonium and radium
Biography
A pioneering physicist and chemist who conducted groundbreaking research on radioactivity and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
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Category
Science & Technology
Nationality
Polish
Born
1867
Died
1934
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Marrie
English origin
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