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nobelprize.org says some papers of this scientist "are stored in lead boxes", a "legacy that is literally untouchable" |
Marie Curie
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FJ |
THE WORLD OF SCIENCE |
2024-12-11 |
#9223 |
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In 1929 President Herbert Hoover presented her with a $50,000 check to buy a gram of radium for a Warsaw lab |
Marie Curie
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$800 |
DJ |
WOMEN IN SCIENCE |
2016-03-28 |
#7266 |
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As a student in Paris, this Polish-born woman lived on bread & tea but graduated first in her class in physics |
Marie Curie
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$400 |
DJ |
THE SCIENCE GEEK |
2005-01-31 |
#4701 |
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In 1906 she succeeded her husband as professor of physics at the Sorbonne |
Marie Curie
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$400 |
DJ |
GENERAL SCIENCE |
1999-03-03 |
#3343 |
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In 1914 she became head of the Paris Institute of Radium |
Marie Curie
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$400 |
DJ |
SCIENCE |
1996-07-17 |
#2753 |
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This Polish-born scientist was 1st person to win 2 Nobel prizes |
Marie Curie
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FJ |
SCIENCE |
1985-09-13 |
#265 |