Marie Curie
By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide
This iconic photograph of Marie Curie was taken in 1901, while she was working with her husband Pierre on isolating a radioactive element that she would name polonium, for Poland where she had been born.
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- Marie Curie with Female Students, 1912
- Marie Sklodowska Arrives in Paris, 1891
- Maria Sklodowski 1894
- Marie Curie and Pierre Curie: Honeymoon 1895
- Marie Curie, 1901
- Marie and Pierre Curie, 1902
- Marie Curie, 1903
- Marie Curie with Daughter Eve, 1908
- Marie Curie in Laboratory, 1910
- Marie Curie in Laboratory, 1920
- Marie Curie with Irene and Eve, 1921
- Marie Curie, 1930
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