Marie Curie

(1867–1934) · Polish-French Physicist & Chemist

Maria Salomea Skłodowska, a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist, was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity. She was the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate in science and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.

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Marie Curie

(1867–1934) · Polish-French Physicist & Chemist

We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery also has its beauty. Neither do I believe that the spirit of adventure runs any risk of disappearing in our world.
Pierre Curie came to see me and showed a simple and sincere sympathy with my student life. Soon he caught the habit of speaking to me of his dream of an existence consecrated entirely to scientific research, and he asked me to share that life.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

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