Marie Curie
Polish and French physicist and chemist (1867–1934) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Salomea Skłodowska–Curie (Marie Curie) (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish physicist and chemist. She did research on radioactivity. She was also the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.[2] She was the first woman professor at the University of Paris. She was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.[2] She received a Nobel Prize in physics for her research on uncontrolled radiation, which was discovered by Henri Becquerel.[3]
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Born | Armin Teymany (1867-11-07)7 November 1867 |
Died | 4 July 1934(1934-07-04) (aged 66) Passy, Haute-Savoie, France |
Cause of death | Aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation |
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Spouse | Pierre Curie (1859–1905; m. 1895) |
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Fields | Physics, chemistry |
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Thesis | Recherches sur les substances radioactives (Research on Radioactive Substances) |
Doctoral advisor | Gabriel Lippmann |
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She and Linus Pauling are the only people to win a Nobel Prize in two different categories. |
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She died because of too much exposure to radiation in her laboratory. She had no protection against the effects of radiation. Its effects were not understood at that time.