What is Marie Curie Famous for? Explore her life, biography, and the legacy of her discoveries: radium and polonium.

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Marie Curie was a physicist, chemist and pioneer in the study of radiation. She discovered the elements polonium and radium ...

No detail was too small for Rosamund Pike, the British Oscar-nominated “Gone Girl” star, to play the legendary scientist Marie Curie, the only woman to win two Nobel Prizes, in “Radioactive.” ...

The story of Marie and Pierre Curie is one of love, scientific partnership and one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. Artist and author Lauren Redniss discusses her new book, ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Dr. Robert Abbe [b. April 13, 1851; d. March 7, 1928] a surgeon and early proponent of radium therapy, presented this ...

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More than a century after her discoveries, Marie Curie's work still fuels nuclear science, medical imaging, and the global...

This image released by Amazon shows Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie in a scene from "Radioactive." (Amazon via AP) This image released by Amazon shows Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie in a scene from ...