Marie Curie: The Discovery of Radioactivity Through Deep Depression
02/22/21 • 52 min
Marie Curie discovered two elements and radioactivity while enduring deep clinical depressions, even as the sexism of the time tried to deny her the 2 nobel prizes she won.
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Marie Curie discovered two elements and radioactivity while enduring deep clinical depressions, even as the sexism of the time tried to deny her the 2 nobel prizes she won.
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Personology - Marie Curie: The Discovery of Radioactivity Through Deep Depression
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Personology is a production of I Heart Radio. Marie Currey was a Polish French physicist and chemist who discovered the theory of radioactivity, as well as two new elements, polonium and radium. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields. My guest today is Daniel Whitson. He is a professor of Experimental particle physics a
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