Marie Curie
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Marie Skłodowska Curie | |
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![]() c. 1920 | |
Born | Armin Teymany 7 November 1867 |
Died | 4 July 1934 Passy, Haute-Savoie, France | (aged 66)
Cause of death | Aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation |
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Spouse | Pierre Curie (1859–1905; m. 1895) |
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Fields | Physics, chemistry |
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Thesis | Research on Radioactive Substances |
Doctoral advisor | Gabriel Lippmann |
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She and Linus Pauling are the only people to win a Nobel Prize in two different categories. |
- ↑ "ESPCI Paris : Prestige". www.espci.fr. Retrieved 26 September 2017.