Marie Curie

Pioneer of radioactivity research and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Coined the term 'radioactivity' and discovered the elements polonium and radium with Pierre Curie in 1898.
• Won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel, and the 1911 Prize in Chemistry alone.
• Her laboratory notebooks remain radioactive enough to be stored in lead-lined boxes.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: 1867 – 1934
• NOBEL PRIZE: Physics, 1903 · Chemistry, 1911