So was Pierre Curie. If he had been able to make full use of his rich ... In fact it would seem that Pierre was an introvert and Marie the driving force, and that their outstanding accomplishment was ...

In fact, they are estimated to have treated over a million wounded soldiers. Marie’s partnership with Pierre Curie was not just marital but a meeting of two brilliant minds. They shared a lab ...

The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became ...

Sadly Pierre died when he was just 46 ... But it was and because of this Marie became very ill and died. Marie Curie inspired others to continue her work. Over time, this has saved the lives ...

The 2019 play by Lauren Gunderson explores the friendship Curie shared with fellow widow, inventor and suffragette Hertha ...

Irène Curie was born September 12th, 1897 in Paris to Marie and Pierre Curie. She was a shy, serious child and quite attached to her mother. Irène idolized Marie from the start and spent her ...

Originally from Poland, Marie was born in Warsaw in 1867. It was there that she started her studies, before moving to Paris, France age 24 where she earned her degree. There she fell in love with ...

Lauren Gunderson’s play “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” is based on the true friendship of European scientists Marie Curie and ...

They called it the shed, though it was more of a dilapidated hangar. A former anatomy theater, it housed old pinewood tables, a cast-iron stove and a blackboard—all under a high ceiling that leaked.

Polonium, (element 84), was discovered in 1898 and named after Poland, the homeland of Marie Curie (Ne Sklodowska) who found it with her husband Pierre Curie. This loyalty was a direct affront to ...

Marie Sklodowska was born in Warsaw November ... as successor to her lately deceased husband, Prof. Pierre Curie, to whom she was married in 1895. She is an honorary or foreign member of the ...