Marie Sklodowska Curie discovered polonium in an experiment conducted #OnThisDay in 1898. Watch the story behind the discovery of polonium - as well as radium, which was also discovered the same year. | Nobel Prize

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23K views · 1.3K reactions | How much do you know about Marie Curie? Curie dedicated her life to science. She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded twice and is still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields. Curie died #OTD in 1934. | Nobel Prize | Facebook

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Marie Curie is one of the greatest female scientists ever. She famously won the Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre in 1903 and became a global sensation for their work on radiotherapy. Her dedication to this field ultimately cost her her life as she passed away in 1934 from the results of radiation exposure. Her belongings remain radioactive today. Curie less famously won a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the elements radium and polonium. This tends to be overshadowed