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| + | [[Image:MarieCurie.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Marie Curie]] |
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| + | '''Marie Curie''' was a [[Polish]]-born [[physicist]] and [[chemist]] who lived most of her adult life in [[France]]. She was a pioneer in the field of radiation and [[radioactivity]]. Also, she was the first person to win [[Nobel Prize]]s in two different fields, physics (1903) and chemistry (1911). Her French husband, Pierre Curie, also studied radioactivity. In addition to that he also was a pioneer in the fields of [[crystallography]], [[magnetism]] and [[piezoelectricity]]. |
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| + | Marie Curie discovered two elements, previously unknown, both radioactive. One of them she named [[Polonium]] in honor of her native [[Poland]], the other, [[Radium]]. |
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| | + | The ''[[Curie]],'' a unit of radioactivity, is named in her honour, as is the chemical element [[Curium]]. |
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| | + | ==External links== |
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| | + | *[http://womenshistory.about.com/od/mariecurie/p/marie_curie.htm short biography] |
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| | + | [[Category:Polish People|Curie, Marie]] |
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| | + | [[Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry]] |
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| | + | [[Category:Women scientists]] |