Marie curie c1920

Marie Curie- Dominick Cucina

  • Marie Curie is born

    Marie Skłodowska is born in Warsaw.
  • Marie marries Pierre Curie

    Pierre and Marie shared a love of science, they even had their own laboratory in a shed.
  • Polonium is discovered

    Marie and her husband discover Polonium, named after her home of Poland.
  • Radium is discovered

    The Curies discovered radium and coined the word "radioactivity."
  • Won Nobel Prize in Physics

    Marie also becomes the first woman in France to gain a Doctor of Science Degree in this year.
  • Marie becomes a professor in France

    Marie is the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.
  • Won second Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    Marie is the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.
  • Marie Curie Dies

    It is believed Marie died from long-term exposure to radiation.

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