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[[Image:MarieCurie.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Marie Curie]]
 
[[Image:MarieCurie.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Marie Curie]]
'''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''' was a [[Polish]]-born [[atheist]], [[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]].
    
Marie Curie discovered two elements, previously unknown, both radioactive. One of them she named [[Polonium]] in honor of her native [[Poland]], the other, [[Radium]].
 
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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