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.
The text goes on to note the astounding contrast between Curieâs monumental contributions to science and her famous modesty. Few persons contributed more to the general welfare of mankind and to the advancement of science than the modest, self-effacing woman whom the world knew as Mme. Curie.