Marie Curie
The genius who looked at invisible forces and thought, “Challenge accepted.” She turned curiosity into a full-time job, even if it meant carrying radioactive stuff in her pockets like loose change. And while the world was debating whether women should be allowed in labs, Curie got two Nobel Prizes.
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7 November 1867
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Physicist, chemist
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Poland – France
#quotes
"After all, science is extremely international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualitis have been attributed to it."
#lessons
Had I changed the goals, my name would be known as that of a governess or a school teacher, and radioactivity would still be a secret.
#quotes
"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."
@book
Academia: Insights From Inside
What do modern-day university graduates have in common with Isaac Newton? What was academic life of a female immigrant like less than 200 years ago? What are the alternatives if you skip academic education and what are the consequences if you take it really easy?