– Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie (Marie Curie) (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934)
She was a was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist.
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
The first person to win a Nobel Prize twice.
The only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields.
She and Pierre Curie were the first married couple to win the Nobel Prize, launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes.
She was, in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.
Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
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More properly, maybe:
“In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.”
This is stated to be a declaration she often made to reporters, in Madame Curie : A Biography (1937) by Eve Curie Labouisse, as translated by Vincent Sheean, p. 222.
In today’s world where there seems to be a culture of me, personal stories, lived experiences and non-celebrity celebrities it is refreshing to remember the true greats of the past and wait for the true greats of the future.
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PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at the same time, and think about the Cosmos.
In the meantime, take care of yourself and if you can, someone else, too, because as Adam Smith said, “we naturally desire not only to be loved but to be lovely”.
Remember, hope lives here.
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