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Maria Salomea Skłodowska–Curie (Marie Curie) (7 November – 4 July ) was a Polishphysicist and chemist. She did research on radioactivity. She was also the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.^[2] She was the first woman professor at the University of Paris.

She was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.^[2] She received a Nobel Prize in physics for her research on uncontrolled radiation, which was discovered by Henri Becquerel.^[3]

She died because of too much exposure to radiation in her laboratory.

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She had no protection against the effects of radiation. Its effects were not understood at that time.

Early life

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Skłodowska-Curie was born on 7 November in Warsaw, Poland. She lived there until she was Her original name was Maria.

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Maria Skłodowska-Curie was the fifth child in her family. At the age of 10, her sister Zofia died. Her mother died one year later. Her father was a math teacher. As a young girl, she w