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Quote by Marie Curie

“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.”

Quote by Marie Curie

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Marie Curie was an outstanding physicist known for her pioneering work in the field of radioactivity. She discovered polonium and radium, for which she was awarded two Nobel Prizes. Madame Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win in two different scientific fields. more

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