The genius of Marie Curie. The woman who lit up the world

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The first woman to be awarded a Nobel prize, Marie Curie was an extraordinary woman whose story is as remarkable in the modern day as it was last century. In her lifetime, she became a rare thing: a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip, fascinated by a woman winning prestigious awards and making groundbreaking discoveries. But how did Marie Curie achieve such great things in a time when a woman's place was in the home, not the laboratory, and raise a family at the same time?

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53 minutes

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Alexander Street

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