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Marie Curie

A Polish physicist and chemist who coined 'radioactivity', discovered polonium and radium, won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, drove X-ray vans to WWI battlefields, and paid for her discoveries with her health.

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Prereqs: Atoms & the periodic table. Next: Einstein. Sources: Barbara Goldsmith's *Obsessive Genius* (2005), Nobel Prize biographies, Ève Curie's *Madame Curie*, TED-Ed.
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