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Marie Curie, 1903
Marie Curie in Nobel Prize portrait, 1903

Marie Curie in Nobel Prize portrait, 1903

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In 1903, the Nobel Prize Committee awarded the physics prize to Henrie Becquerei, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie. This is one of the photographs of Marie Curie taken to commemorate that honor. The prize honored their work in radioactivity.

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