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Marie Curie is best known as the discoverer of the radioactive elements polonium and radium and as the first person to win two Nobel prizes. For scientists and the public, her radium was a key to a basic change in our understanding of matter and energy.
Marie Curie the scientist. Marie Curie is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her huge contribution to the fight against cancer. Humble beginnings. Born Maria Sklodowska on 7 November 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, she was the youngest of five children of poor school teachers.