http://www.favoritescientists.com Scientific achievements throughout the world Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:18:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Marie Curie's work, along with her husband Pierre Curie, contributed substantially to shaping the world of the 20th and 21st centuries, in both physics and the greater society. As L. Pearce Williams writes: "The result of the Curies' work was epoch-making. Radium's radioactivity was so great that it could not be ... http://www.favoritescientists.com/2008/09/marie-curies-contributions-inspire-today/?source=rss