by Marie Curie · RBA · tapa dura · ISBN 9786078641215
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This detailed biography explores the life and legacy of Marie Curie, the pioneering scientist who defied the conventions of her time to become the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different fields. The book chronicles her tireless dedication to the research of radium and polonium, as well as her unwavering perseverance in the face of personal and professional obstacles.
Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie "for their joint researches on the radioactivity phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for] the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element".
