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MARIE CURIE. ~ a brief biographical sketch by ~ Carl J. Wenning. Marie Sklodowska Curie. Polish-French Chemist Born: Warsaw, Poland, November 7, 1867 Died: Haute Savoie, France, July 4, 1934. Most notable accomplishments. Called uranium radiation “radioactivity”
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MARIE CURIE ~ a brief biographical sketch by ~ Carl J. Wenning
Marie Sklodowska Curie • Polish-French Chemist • Born: Warsaw, Poland, November 7, 1867 • Died: Haute Savoie, France, July 4, 1934
Most notable accomplishments • Called uranium radiation “radioactivity” • Confirmed presence of a, b, and g radiations • Discovered polonium and radium • Won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911