“At my urgent request the Curie laboratory, in which radium was discovered a short time ago, was shown to me. The Curies themselves were away travelling. It was a cross between a stable and a potato-cellar, and, if I had not seen the worktable with the chemical apparatus, I would have thought it a practical joke. (Wilhelm Ostwald on seeing the Curie's laboratory facilities.)” ScienceDiscoveryChemistryJokeLaboratoryCurieRadiumMarie Curie Author:Wilhelm, Ostwald
“High altitude illness and disease research is where radiation health research was during the time of Marie Curie.” ResearchRadiationAltitude HypersensitivityAltitude SicknessHigh AltitudeVery High AltitudeMarie CurieDuring The Time OfIllness And DiseaseRadiation Health Research Author:Steven Magee
“Pierre and Marie (then Maria Sklodowska, a penniless Polish immigrant living in a garret in Paris) had met at the Sorbonne and been drawn to each other because of a common interest in magnetism.” LoveSciencePolishMagnetismCurieMarie CuriePierre CurieMarie Sklodowska Book:The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Source: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer