Marie Curie

The double Nobel laureate who opened the study of radioactivity.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911 — the first person to win two.
• Discovered polonium and radium, and coined the word "radioactivity".
• Drove front-line X-ray units in the First World War, trained as her "little Curies".

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: 1867 – 1934