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Portrait of Polish physicist and chemist, Marie Salomea Skłodowska Curie (1867-1934) and her husband, French physicist Pierre Curie (1859-1906), circa 1895. Marie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.

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In the Periodic Table of Elements, Polonium appears as atomic symbol Po with atomic number 84. It was discovered by Marie Skłodowska Curie and her husband Pierre Curie in 1897 and was later named after Marie's homeland of Poland. Poland at the time was under Russian, Prussian and Austrian domination, and not recognized as an independent country. It was Marie's hope that naming the element after her home land would bring notice to its plight. Here is more on Marie Skłodowska Curie.

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Marie Curie died 80 years ago today from leukaemia caused by her research. During World War 1 she helped to equip ambulances with x-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences. ‪#‎alwaysremembered‬ ‪#‎OnThisDay‬

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Marie Curie giving a lecture . Paris, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers , 1925 . Marie Skłodowska-Curie ( 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person (and only woman) to win twice, the only person to win twice in multiple sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was also the first woman to…

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“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” - Marie Curie, 1933 In her remarkable lecture, Curie emphasizes the power of understanding over fear. By embracing knowledge, we can face challenges with courage and clarity. #MarieCurie #KnowledgeIsPower #FearlessLiving #Science #ceobookreviews

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