Madam curie

Marie Curie - Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and in Chemistry [1903 and 1911 respectively],

She became the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.

colorized photo // Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences // source: facebook.com/Colorostariu

In the chapter, we learn how Curie rose from humble beginnings to become the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person – and only woman – to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences.

The historical images, ranging from film stars to catastrophes, have been made vivid, sharp and bright by artist Dana Keller, using digital techniques to imagine the scene in full colour.

In the 1920s a pioneering journalist summoned the might of American women to revive a Nobelist’s career.

Marie Curie died 80 years ago today from leukaemia caused by her research. During World War 1 she helped to equip ambulances with x-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences. ‪#‎alwaysremembered‬ ‪#‎OnThisDay‬

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 was divided, one half awarded to Antoine Henri Becquerel "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity", the other half jointly to Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, née Skłodowska "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel"