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| '''Maria Sklodowska-Curie''' was a pioneer in the early field of radiation. She was born in ], ], on ], ]. | '''Maria Sklodowska-Curie''' was a pioneer in the early field of radiation. She was born in ], ], on ], ]. | ||
| Together with her husband, ], she was awarded the ], ]: "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor ]" | Together with her husband, ], she was awarded the ], ]: "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor ]". | ||
| Eight years later, she received the ], ] "in recognition of her services to the advancement of ] by the discovery of the ] ] and ], by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element" |
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| She died from cancer-causing radiation poisoning |
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Maria Sklodowska-Curie was a pioneer in the early field of radiation. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867.
Together with her husband, Pierre Curie, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903: "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel".
Eight years later, she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1911 "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by 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". In an unusual move, Curie intentionally did not patent the Radium isolation process, instead leaving it open so the scientific community could research unhindered.
She died in 1934 from cancer-causing radiation poisoning.
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