By Team Aakash Byju's
Here are some interesting facts about Marie Curie.
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She is the first person ever to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. – Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903 – Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1911
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In 1898, Marie Curie & Pierre Curie discovered two new radioactive elements: Radium (named after the Latin word for ray) and Polonium (named after Marie’s home country, Poland).
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For her research in “radiation phenomena,” Curie became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.
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In 1906, Marie was appointed as the Professor of General Physics in the Faculty of Sciences & became the first woman to hold this position.
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Marie Curie promoted the use of X-rays during World War I & developed radiological automobiles - known as "Petites Curies" for treating wounded soldiers at war.
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Marie Curie’s death in 1934 was likely caused by radiation exposure. Some of her books and papers are still so radioactive that they are kept in lead boxes.