Along with her husband Pierre, she discovered two elements: polonium and radium. She also carried out pioneering research into radioactivity. Born Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw on 7 November 1867 ...
As well as the fuss over her second Nobel Prize (she wins the second for discovering radium and polonium, as well as determining radium's atomic weight) – the Royal Society won't grant her a ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Like radium and polonium, the constantly transmuting elements she added to the periodic table, there were ...
However, Temple Mountain really gained attention in the early 1900s, around the same time that Madam Marie Curie, physicist, chemist, and Noble Prize winner, discovered the radioactive elements, ...
As well as the fuss over her second Nobel Prize (she wins the second for discovering radium and polonium, as well as determining radium’s atomic weight) – the Royal Society won’t grant her a ...
The couple’s collaborative work led to the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium, in 1898. Curie’s meticulous research demonstrated that these elements emitted radiation ...