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2011 | 66 | 101-115

Article title

The legacy of Maria Curie Skłodowska

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Maria Skłodowska Curie left us a great legacy. Her discovery of polonium and radium was incomparably greater than the mere discovery of new elements. Its significance lay in the discovery of a new form of matter, namely radioactive one, but also in her unveiling of the internal property of its atoms. Subsequently emitted radiation went on to play the role of a "natural accelerator" for both scientific research and in medical radiotherapy. It was thanks to these discoveries that the field of nuclear physics arose just a few decades later. As importantly the work of Maria Curie Skłodowska during the Great War demonstrated how important pure scientific discovery can be for society and its welfare.

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Volume

66

Pages

101-115

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Dates

published
1 - 1 - 2011
online
14 - 2 - 2012

Contributors

  • Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies Świerk-Otwock

References

  • Irene Joliot-Curie, Prace Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa (1954)
  • Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Autobiographical Notes & Pierre Curie, Dom Wydawniczo-Promocyjny GAL, Warszawa 2006
  • Ewa Curie, Maria Curie, Galster, Lauter I Rutkowski, Warszawa (1949)
  • Maria Curie, La Radiologie et la Guerre, Librair Felix Alcan, Paris (1920)
  • Robert Guillaumont and Bernd Grenbow, Chem. Int. 33 No1 (2011)

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Publication order reference

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bwmeta1.element.-psjd-doi-10_2478_v10246-012-0006-5
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