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Marie Skłodowska Curie

                                                                Marie Skłodowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish-born Frenchphysicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes —in physics and chemistry. She was also the first female professor at the University of Paris. "In recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel." She was born Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw  and lived there until she was twenty-four. In 1891 she followed her older...