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Praise for Pioneers in Science
In memory of Marie Curie on her birthday on Saturday, the official website of the Nobel Prize posted a photograph of her notebook saying, “Marie Curie died of aplastic anaemia (再生障碍性贫血) on 4 July 1934, a result of years of
The tales of Marie and other scientists of her time are in some sense very
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a professor of physics at the Wuerzburg University in Germany, discovered X-ray in 1895. A year later, Antoine Henri Becquerel found that some natural substances
However, the harmful effects of radioactivity were not discovered until decades later. Marie and her
Marie’s death is a reminder about the risks pioneers in science
It is almost
For example, the space suits astronauts wear protect them against radiation. However, only time will tell if there are some other unknown dangers that they need to protect themselves against.
The contributions and sacrifices by such pioneers to the field of science are