History UsefulNotes / MarieCurie

* Her clone shows up in ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', albeit hideously deformed as a result of radiation messing up her DNA during the cloning process. Despite her monstrous appearance however, she's depicted as having a very sweet personality, and even briefly develops a relationship with Gandhi.

* Is one of the members of the ''WebAnimation/SuperScienceFriends'' with her possessing [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear-themed superpowers]].

Marie Skłodowska Curie (born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist. She was the first of many things: the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win ''twice'', the first -- and only -- person to win in two sciences, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. Born in 1867, she was a pioneer in research on radioactivity.

Curie died in 1934 at the age of 66, having developed aplastic anemia due to her exposure to large amounts of radiation because of her work. To this day, her papers are too dangerous to handle. Anyone wanting to consult them must wear protective clothing.

Marie Skłodowska Curie (born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist. She was the first of many things: the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win ''twice'', the first - and only - person to win in two sciences, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. Born in 1867, she was a pioneer in research on radioactivity.

** The Holliday Girls' chemist friend who is working on a cure to cancer takes her last name from Marie Curie.

* Marie is one of the women featured in the "Wonder Women of History" segments that were included in Golden Age ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'' comics. The segments were meant to be educational, but as they only had a few pages to describe the lives of historical women tended to streamline things.

* And in 2020, Rosamund Pike plays her in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a6H1w3kgWw Radioactive]]''.

Marie Skłodowska Curie (born Maria Salomea Skłodowska;[a] 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist. She was the first of many things: the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win ''twice'', the first - and only - person to win in two sciences, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. Born in 1867, she was a pioneer in research on radioactivity.

Marie Curie, born Maria Skłodowska, was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist. She was the first of many things: the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win ''twice'', the first - and only - person to win in two sciences, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. Born in 1867, she was a pioneer in research on radioactivity.

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!!Tropes Associated With Curie:
* DeadlyBook: As mentioned in the description, her notebooks are so radioactive that they're kept in lead-lined boxes and those who wish to study them need to wear protective clothing and sign a liability waiver. Even her ''cookbooks'' are contaminated. And they'll be radioactive for the next fifteen ''centuries''.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Played straight ironically enough. She quite enjoyed cooking, and was rather proud of some of her recipes, even when an active researcher. For example, [[https://books.google.com/books?id=PinksBysPJwC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=marie+curie+jelly+cookbook&source=bl&ots=EcrDWY_Gxd&sig=kqmJnN51M2Z3y50CirXvVqr9R7U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3r8yVdblPOXLsATnp4GwBw&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=marie%20curie%20jelly%20cookbook&f=false this.]]
** Her rather nonchalant handling of radium meant that many of her personal papers, including her cookbooks are still radioactive. [[http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/Horizons/2011/1107/Marie-Curie-Why-her-papers-are-still-radioactive See here.]]
** Having devoted her entire life to scholarship, young Marie didn't even know how to make soup, but got into cooking when she married, sneaking lessons from her sister and in-laws. She went about it with the same methodicalness and attention to detail as her scientific experiments, inventing dishes that needed little or no preparation, and crockpot-types that could cook themselves for the hours she was in school.
* HumbleHero: She turned down several awards, and insisted that monetary gifts be given to the institutes she was associated with rather than her.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein named her as one of the scientists whom he admired most.
* LaResistance: Starting when she was a kid going to Jadwiga Sikorska's subversive academy, where the girls learned Polish history and other subjects forbidden during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Partition Russian occupation]]. Everything was in code so when the schedule said "Home Ec" that was really "Polish History", etc. They had to learn enough Russian language, facts and history to fool the authorities into thinking the academy submitted to Russian rule, when actually it was just the opposite.[[note]]Some of the inspectors were onto the scheme and were understanding about it, one even alerting Ms. Sikorska ahead of time so the girls could quickly put incriminating stuff away.[[/note]] There were a lot of underground study cells, including [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_University The Floating University]] that Marie attended and taught at later. Marie worked for Polish independence her whole life, and asked that the first element she discovered should be called Polonium.
* SpookySeance: Less well known is the fact that Marie and Pierre both believed in Spiritualism, so Marie may have been comforted by the idea that she could go on communicating with Pierre in the next life. The {{Diary}} Marie wrote afterwards was addressed to Pierre because she intended for him to read it. She also felt he spoke to her sometimes.[[note]]When she was up for a chair at the French Academy of Sciences, she didn't get it, in spite of the fact that she was a world-recognized genius who already had a Nobel Prize; the Academy had a proud tradition of excluding women. She heard Pierre say "Don't worry, you'll get it later." He was wrong. She never did, although one of her students did.[[/note]]
* StarvingStudent: When she came to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. Tuition and labs were all free, but she was on an excruciatingly tight budget. Her sister and brother-in-law were both physicians in town, but their place was too far from the school and they liked to have lots of distracting guests and parties in their off hours. She lived in a succession of cheap places -- actual garrets much of the time -- within walking distance of the school so she wouldn't need to pay bus fare. She threw herself into her classes, studying for master's degrees in math and physics simultaneously, and often [[ForgetsToEat forgot to eat]], which didn't help. The story of her fainting at school was real (between classes though, not during class as in the movie).
* Main/{{Workaholic}}: Nearly her entire life. She'd lost her mother and older sister within two years of each other, and was prey to depression and melancholy the rest of her life (anything you read about her having "nervous collapse" is about this). Study and research were her therapy. She wrote a book during the last year of her life [[TheDeterminator while she was dying of radiation poisoning]]. She also served as a member of the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights from 1930 until her death.

Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska, was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist. She was the first of many things: the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win ''twice'', the first - and only - person to win in two sciences, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. Born in 1867, she was a pioneer in research on radioactivity.