French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)
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Examples for "Curie "
1 Fortunately the student was a recent émigré from Poland named Marie Curie .
2 Zala turned to run, but Curie slammed a leg in our way.
3 Amid those adventures, Hevesy continued to collaborate with colleagues, including Joliot - Curie .
4 On that day, Prof Curie had intended to visit his publisher.
5 I said if he was an artist, I was Madame Curie .
1 Fortunately the student was a recent émigré from Poland named Marie Curie .
2 Her hero is Marie Curie , another Polish scientist who won two Nobel prizes.
3 It is, of course, the 100th anniversary of Marie Curie 's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
4 In 1995, Pierre and Marie Curie 's remains were transferred to the Panthéon in Paris.
5 Though I have to say some of them do Marie Curie very few favours.
1 I said if he was an artist, I was Madame Curie .
2 That's why they never mention Madame Curie without the poor Monsieur!
3 You read about the discoveries of Madame Curie and the history of the countries bordering Iraq.
4 And Madame Curie descended into a bestial state.
5 One of our most distinguished and most welcome visitors was Madame Curie , the discoverer of radium.
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