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Marie Curie
Two Nobel Prizes, two elements, and a life that redrew what science could be.
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Passes awayDies of aplastic anaemia caused by radiation exposure.
1934
1911
Second Nobel PrizeWins Nobel in Chemistry — only person to win in two sciences.
Pierre diesPierre killed by a horse-drawn cart; she is devastated.
1906
1903
First Nobel PrizeFirst woman to win a Nobel Prize — in Physics.
1898
Discovers polonium and radiumAlongside husband Pierre Curie.
1891
Moves to ParisEarns degrees in physics and mathematics from the Sorbonne.
1867
Born in WarsawBorn Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw, then under Russian rule.
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