Marie Curie
Polish-born physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity and won Nobel Prizes in two sciences.
- Born
- 1867, Warsaw
- Died
- 1934
- Nobel
- Physics 1903, Chemistry 1911
Work
With her husband Pierre she discovered polonium and radium. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win in two different sciences.