Marie Curie
1867–1934 · Paris, France
Discovering polonium and radium, pioneering the theory of radioactivity, and becoming the first person to win two Nobel Prizes — in two different sciences (Physics 1903, Chemistry 1911)
Nobel Prizes 2 (Physics 1903, Chemistry 1911)
First woman professor at the Sorbonne appointed 1906
Pitchblende processed by hand several tons, to isolate ~0.1 g of radium
Radium-isolation process patented None — given freely to science
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