3 articles tagged with #Marie Curie
In 1896, Henri Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity when uranium salts fogged a wrapped photographic plate in the dark. Learn the full story of what happened next.
Marie Curie's biography, discoveries, and verified quirks: radioactive notebooks, radium in her pockets, two Nobel Prizes, and the scandal that nearly ended her.
Marie Curie's discovery of radioactivity and isolation of radium revolutionized physics and chemistry. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, she sacrificed health for science.