Amar Chitra Katha Vol 778 Marie And Pierre Curie (P)

Marie and Pierre Curie - they shared a passion for science. Marie Sklodovska was born in Poland at a time when women were not allowed admission into colleges. Determined to study science, Marie worked as a governess and saved enough to enroll in a university in Paris. It was in Paris that she met and married Pierre Curie, a respected physicist. Their passion for science and their devotion to each other, resulted in a partnership that produced two Nobel Prizes (one shared by Pierre and Marie, one for Marie alone), two daughters (one of whom, Irene, also won a Nobel Prize later), two new elements (Radium and Polonium) and an entire new kind of energy - radioactivity.