Radioactive Substances

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."

Marie Curie was a pioneer who literally gave her life for science. This thesis presents her discovery of Radium and Polonium, and her research into radioactivity—a term she invented. She remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

This text is a testament to perseverance and brilliance. It documents the birth of nuclear physics and the dawn of the atomic age. Reading Curie's precise, clinical descriptions of her glowing blue vials is both inspiring and haunting, knowing the toll this research would take on her health.