Today, we're honoring the incredible achievements of Marie Curie on her 150th birthday! #WomenInScience Nobel Prize http://bit.ly/2y4sq5Z | World Science Festival

We're celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Let's look back on the life of Marie Skłodowska Curie: a Nobel Laureate who dedicated her life to science. She was a woman of many firsts: the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded the prize twice and still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields. #WomenInScience | Nobel Prize

7.3K views · 483 reactions | Marie Curie’s relentless resolve and insatiable curiosity made her an icon in the world of modern science. She discovered polonium and radium, championed the use of radiation in medicine and fundamentally changed our understanding of radioactivity. Discover her story: https://bit.ly/2C62syH | Nobel Prize | Facebook

71K views · 2.9K reactions | How much do you know about Marie Curie? Curie dedicated her life to science. She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded twice and is still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields. Curie died #OnThisDay in 1934. | Nobel Prize | Facebook