Theatre in the Round - Trailblazing Women - March 2024
Madame Marie Curie (1867-1934) was born in Warsaw, Poland. Curie is often called the mother of modern physics and is most famous for her work in radioactivity and winning two Nobel Prizes. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and is the only woman to win two in different scientific fields. Marie and her husband Pierre Curie were both passionate scientists and she succeeded her husband as the Head of Physics Laboratory at the Sorbonne. She had two daughters, and never slowed down her scientific work. Curie died from harmful side effects of radioactive exposure. The book The Madame Curie Complex was a primary source of inspiration for this series of women in science.
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