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"Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Marie later won another Nobel for chemistry in 1911.)...
7) Marie Curie
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Animated biography of Marie Curie, the Polish-born scientist. Her shared research with her husband Pierre gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.
13) Marie Curie
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Presents a graphic biography that tells the story of Marie Curie's life and work.
15) Marie Curie
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Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish scientist whose work with radium helped to change the world.
16) Marie Curie
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A biography of the chemist whose work with radium laid the foundation for much of today's scientific knowledge.
17) Marie Curie
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Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered.
20) Marie Curie
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Explores the childhood of Marie Curie, who overcame adversity to become one of the most respected scientists in the world.
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