<p><b>Creator</b>: Science Service
</p><p><b>Subject</b>: Curie, Marie 1867-1934
       Curie, Pierre 1859-1906
</p><p><b>Type</b>: Black-and-white photographs
</p><p><b>Date</b>: 1903
</p><p><b>Topic</b>: Nobel Prizes
     Physics
     Women scientists
</p><p><b>Local number</b>: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0751]
</p><p><b>Summary</b>: Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 for discovery of the radioactive elements polonium and radium. Even today, the Curies provide inspiration for popular culture and textbook discussions of science. This photograph was circulated during the 1960s as publicity for an educational television program about the discovery of radium
</p><p><b>Cite as</b>: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives
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2010-03-01 12:07
<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/4405627519/">Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934), c. 1903</a>
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