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One of the most important scientists in history. Born in Warsaw, Poland, she moved to France and married Pierre Curie, a fellow scientist with whom she collaborated. She discovered radium and polonium and won two Nobel prizes, one in Chemistry and one in Physics. She died of leukemia caused by all the radiation exposure that occurred in the course of her research. Marie and Pierre’s daughter, Irène, eventually died the same way.
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Chapter 12: Political Elements
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Like any human activity, science has always been filled with politics—with backbiting, jealousy, and petty gambits. Any look at the politics of science wouldn’t be complete without examples of those. But the twentieth century provides the best (i.e., the most appalling) historical examples of how the sweep of empires can also warp science. Politics marred the careers of probably the two greatest women scientists ever, and even purely scientific efforts to rework the periodic table opened rifts between chemists and physicists.
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Chapter 12: Political Elements
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Like any human activity, science has always been filled with politics—with backbiting, jealousy, and petty gambits. Any look at the politics of science wouldn’t be complete without examples of those. But the twentieth century provides the best (i.e., the most appalling) historical examples of how the sweep of empires can also warp science. Politics marred the careers of probably the two greatest women scientists ever, and even purely scientific efforts to rework the periodic table opened rifts between chemists and physicists.
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