Discover the story of Marie Curie, a rebel who defied an empire to pursue science. From a clandestine Polish university to a Parisian lab, she and her husband, Pierre, investigated a strange new force she named “radioactivity.” Their relentless work in a derelict shed led to the discovery of two new elements, forever changing our understanding of the universe.
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