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| Marie Curie (Picture taken from mariecurietpe.unblog.fr) |
Marie Curie was a remarkable scientist that made great strides for women in science and made large contributions to the science of radioactivity.
In her lifetime Marie Curie's accomplishments include:
-Master's degree in Physics
-Degree in Mathematics
-Nobel Prize in physics for her work regarding radioactivity along with her husband Pierre Curie and Antoine Henri Becuerel (discoverer of radioactivity)
-Nobel Prize in chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium
-First woman to win a noble prize of any kind
-First and only person to win a noble prize in two different sciences
-Many other awards including Elliot Cresson Medal, Davy Medal, Matteucci Medal, John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal