The physicist Marie Curie was a pioneer in the science of
radioactivity- the study of powerful rays emitted by certain rare materials.
Her work changed Physics and Chemistry and formed a basis for later research in
nuclear physics. She discovered two previously unknown elements and also
founded an important research institute. In 1903, she shared the Nobel Prize
for physics with her husband Pierre, with whom she worked, and French scientist
Henri Becquerel. In 1911, she was awarded Nobel Prize for chemistry.
For much of her life, Marie Curie worked under difficult
conditions. Her laboratory was in an unheated shed and much equipment was home
made. Pierre helped her design and builds some of her equipment, including a
device called an electrometer, which measured the strength of radiation coming
from Uranium compound.
She died in 1934 after suffering for years due to the
illness caused by the exposure to radiations.
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