Marie Curie By Diego González Pacheco Illescas

Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a physicist and chemist, a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, she is the first and only person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different scientific specialties: Physics and Chemistry, she was the first woman to occupy the position of professor at the University of Paris.

She studied clandestinely at the "floating university" in Warsaw. In 1891, at the age of 24, he followed his older sister Bronisława Dłuska to Paris, where he completed his studies and carried out his most outstanding scientific work.

His achievements include the first studies on the phenomenon of radioactivity, techniques for the isolation of radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements (polonium and radium). Under his direction, the first studies in the treatment of neoplasms with radioactive isotopes were carried out. He founded the Curie Institute in Paris and Warsaw. During World War I he created the first radiological centers for military use.

The autor Françoise Giroud believes that while Curie's work helped revise established ideas in physics and chemistry, it also had an equally profound effect on society. To achieve her scientific achievements, Marie Curie had to overcome the obstacles that stood in her way as a woman, both in her native country and in her new homeland.

She died at the age of 66 on July 4, 1934 in Passy, ​​France.