Marie Curie

The ashes of Marie Curie and her husband Pierre have now been laid to rest under the famous dome of the Panthéon, in Paris. Through her discovery of radium, Marie Curie paved the way for nuclear physics and cancer therapy. Born of polish parents, she was a woman of science and courage, compassionate yet stubbornly determined. Her research work was to cost her her life.
Marie Curie, or rather Marya Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7th, 1867. …