Take a look at Irene Joliot-Curie receiving her Nobel Prize on 10 December 1935. She received the chemistry prize with her husband Frederic Joliot "in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements."
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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced today. In 1911, this honor went to Marie Curie, above, for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. She was the first woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize. |
It was her second Nobel: In 1903 she shared the physics prize with her husband and another French scientist for their work on radioactivity. |
Marie Curie came from humble beginnings. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she was the youngest of five children. |
She once summed up her biography in just 21 words: “I was born in Poland. I married Pierre Curie, and I have two daughters. I have done my work in France.” |
Marie Curie died in 1934 as a result of exposure to radioactivity, some of it incurred while preparing radium for medical use. |
She has been the topic of many books and movies. A recent BBC poll deemed her the most influential woman in history. |
“Few persons contributed more to the general welfare of mankind and to the advancement of science than the modest, self-effacing woman whom the world knew as Mme. Curie,” The New York Times wrote after her death. Honors were heaped upon her, our obituary stated, but “she was indifferent to most.” |
Claire Moses wrote today’s Back Story. |
The pioneering scientist was asked not to attend the Nobel ceremony, for fear it would embarrass the king. 📻
The Polish scientist Marie Curie is renowned for her pioneering work in the field of radioactivity. But when it came to collecting her unprecedented second Nobel Prize in 1911, the uproar over her relationship with a married man almost overshadowed her achievements. Marie Curie’s biographer Susan Quinn explains…
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