71K views · 2.9K reactions | How much do you know about Marie Curie? Curie dedicated her life to science. She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded twice and is still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields. Curie died #OnThisDay in 1934. | Nobel Prize | Facebook

We're celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Let's look back on the life of Marie Skłodowska Curie: a Nobel Laureate who dedicated her life to science. She was a woman of many firsts: the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded the prize twice and still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields. #WomenInScience | Nobel Prize

CELEBRATING MARIE CURIE’s 149th BIRTHDAY! #OnThisDay 7 November 1867, Marie Curie was born. She dedicated her life to science, became the first ever female Nobel Laureate as well as the first female professor at the Université Paris-Sorbonne. Marie Curie is still the only individual who has been awarded two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields, Physics and Chemistry. Learn more about Marie Curie: goo.gl/i1Ll8A Music: Epidemic Sound. | Nobel Prize

Marie Curie, née Sklodowska, is the only individual to have been awarded Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: 1903 in Physics and 1911 in Chemistry. Who will be awarded in 2017? Join in on the #NobelPrize announcements! Physics is coming up on 3 October and Chemistry on 4 October. Q&A on Marie Curie at nobelprize.org: goo.gl/amKvTu | Nobel Prize

Marie Curie attended a secret university: This is Marie Curie, the mother of modern physics and the first woman ever to win not one, but two, Nobel prizes. Her work led to the discovery of polonium and radium, however, her research came at a cost. Curie was constantly exposed to ionizing radiation, and the effects of this exposure would eventually lead to her death from aplastic anemia. Even today, over a century after her death, Marie Curie's belongings, including her laboratory notes, furnitur