The cyclist who relies on the rear brake for general stopping can get by until an emergency arises, and, in a panic, he or she grabs the unfamiliar front brake as well as the rear, for extra stopping power.
View full size image. Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist and a pioneer in the study of radiation. She and her husband, Pierre, discovered the elements polonium and radium. Together, they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, and she received another one, for Chemistry, in 1911.Her work with radioactive materials doomed her, however. She died of a blood disease in 1934.n 1911, after Pierreâs death, Marie was awarded a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements polonium and radium. Later years. Marie continued to do research in radioactivity.
Role Model Marie Curie. Marie Curie was born in 1867 in Poland. She worked with her husband Pierre, whom she met in France as a young woman. Marie Curie is famous for her discoveries of radioactivity, radium, and polonium. Radioactivity is used in diagnosing and treating diseases. I admire Marie Curie because she was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes which is quite an achievement. With her husband, Marie Curie won her first nobel prize in 1903 for the discovery of radioactivity. Marie Curie won her second Nobel Prize in 1911 for her discovery of radium and polonium.