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*Studied uranium and thorium and called their spontaneous decay process "radioactivity". She and her husband Pierre also discovered the radioactive elements polonium and radium. *Became the first woman to be accorded this mark of honour on her own merit. *Marie discovered that thorium gives off the same rays as uranium. Her continued systematic studies of the various chemical compounds gave the surprising result that the strength of the radiation did not depend on the compound that was being studied. For more on this topic...
* Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium * Detailed Biography at Science in Poland website |
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