Marie Skłodowska Curie, two Nobel Prizes
Marie Skłodowska Curie died of aplastic anaemia on 4 July 1934, a result of years of exposure to radiation through her work. Even today her laboratory notebook from 1899-1902, is radioactive and will be for 1,500 years. Marie Skłodowska Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel [...]