2. BIOGRAPHY
Born> 7 November 1867- Poland
Died> 4 July 1934 ( aged 66)- France
Cause of death> Aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation
Known for
- Radioactivity
- Polonium
- Radium
treatment for cancer
3. AWARDS
8 Awards.
- Nobel Prize in Physics (1903)
- Davy Medal (1903)
- Matteucci Medal (1904)
- Elliott Cresson Medal (1909)
- Albert Medal (1910)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911)
- Willard Gibbs Award (1921)
- Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1931)
4. INTERESTING FACTS
1. The Notebooks are still radioactive.
2. She offered to donate her medals to the war effort
3. She developed a portable X-ray to treat soldiers
4. She founded centers for medical research
