Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years later, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris ...

The physicists-chemists Marie and Pierre Curie considered these their hard-won “fairy lights,” which, the two believed, held ...

The story of the birth and growth of nuclear science is rebalanced in Destroyer of Worlds, which gives due prominence to the role of women ...

Pierre Curie was born in Paris on May 15, 1839. He was the son of a physician, and early showed his bent for scientific research. He was educated at the Sorbonne, and when only 20 years old began ...

Marie Curie’s scientific journey truly began when she met and married Pierre Curie, a fellow physicist. The couple’s collaborative work led to the discovery of two new elements, polonium and ...

The physicist-chemists Marie and Pierre Curie considered these their hard-won “fairy lights,” which, the two believed, held the secrets of radioactivity.

Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre Curie, in 1902. | Agence France Presse, Getty Images. In 1903, Marie Curie made history when she won the Nobel Prize in physics with her husband, Pierre, and ...

Discover the powerful friendship that history forgot in this play filled with heart, humour and chemistry On my ...

Marie Curie was the first woman to earn a Nobel Prize in 1903 when she won in physics for her research on radioactivity. She won another Nobel in 1911, this time in chemistry, for her discovery of ...

After Pierre and Marie Curie shared the Nobel, the Sorbonne gave Pierre a professorial chair; Marie was relegated to chief of operations in his new lab.

Unlike the original Madame Curie, this kitty would prefer to be the one and only in her household. Marie shared the spotlight with her husband, physicist Pierre Curie, who shared her first Nobel ...