Marie Curie

Marie Curie (Polish Maria Sk?odowska-Curie, November 7 1867 – July 4 1934) was a chemist, pioneer in the early field of radiology and a two-time Nobel laureate. She was born in Poland and spent her early years there, but in 1891 at age 24 moved to France to study science in Paris. She obtained all her higher degrees and conducted her scientific career there and became a naturalized French citizen. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and in Warsaw.

External links

• Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium unabridged spinless right chronology from nobelprize.org
• 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Nobel committee page; presentation speech, her award lecture etc.
• Concise biography at nobel-winners.com; GFDL
• Detailed Biography at Science in Poland website; with quotes, photographs, links etc.
• Long biography at American Institute of Physics website (site also has a short version for kids entitled "Her story in brief!")
• Maria Sk?odowska-Curie Museum in Warsaw
• Marie Curie: A Nobel Prize Pioneer at the Panthéon
• European Marie Curie Fellowships
• Marie Curie Cancer Care, UK
• Marie Sklodowska Curie: Her Life as a Media Compendium