🧪 Marie Curie broke barriers as the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences—physics and chemistry. Born in Poland when women couldn't attend university, she moved to Paris, discovered radium and polonium, and coined the term "radioactivity." ⁠ ⁠ Despite facing gender discrimination, she persevered through groundbreaking research that revolutionized our understanding of atomic structure. Her lab notebooks are still radioactive today! She proved that passion and persistence can overcome any obstacle, opening doors for countless women in science.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #mariecurie #nobelprize #chemistry #science #womeninscience #scientist #history