Maria Sklodowska-Curie - Polish physicist and chemist, winner of two Nobel Prizes, pioneer in study of radioactivity. hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/msc.htm
Marie Curie (1867-1934) - 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of radium. First person to win two nobel prizes. www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1911/index.html
Marie Curie: Remarkable Scientist - Women of Courage profile offers a detailed look at Curie's many accomplishments. www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/curie.htm
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 - Nobel for the discovery of radioactivity in 1896, shared with Pierre Curie and Antoine Henri Becquerel. www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1903/index.html