17/07/2022
This is a special tomb.
Not only because of who is housed in it, but because of what is made of.
It is reinforced with inch-thick lead. It has to be to protect the public from the radiation emanating from the body within.
This is the tomb of Marie Sklodowska Curie.
Marie Curie
French-Polish scientist.
Winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics.
Winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
The first person to win a Nobel Prize twice.
The only person to win in two different sciences.
She is a testament to not letting set-backs and prejudices hold her back.
She was not allowed to attend any institutions of higher education because she was a woman. So instead she attended the "Flying University". It was a clandestine organization that allowed her to further her education.
She discovered radium and polonium. She coined the term "radioactivity." She did not know that her work was slowly killing her. She would carry tubes of radium in her pockets. She constantly studied radium in her lab and in her home.
Her body and her personal belongings are all expected to be radioactive for over 1500 years.
The information in this post came from a post by History Cool Kids and the picture is
"ParisII209" by zemistor. It is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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