Marie Curie

Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie was born on the 7 November, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She died on the 4 July, 1934 in France.

She, and her husband, Pierre Curie were an exceptional team in the field of scientific research.

She is famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. With her husband, and physicist Henri Bechuerel,  she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. Marie  was the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and to win the award in two different fields. In 1906 she was the first woman to become a professor at University of Paris.

In 1906, Pierre Curie died in a Paris street accident. Marie continued her work and won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This was for her discovery of the elements polonium and radium, using techniques she invented for isolating radioactive isotopes.

As one of the most famous scientists in history, Marie Curie has become an icon in the scientific world and has received tributes from across the globe. She also received many honorary degrees from universities across the world.

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win awards in multiple sciences. 

What impressed me was that Marie and Pierre Curie worked individually and together. They were probably a great inspiration to each other!