Marie Curie, Explicada.

How many elements of the periodic table did one person discover? Two. And that same person won two Nobel Prizes, in two different sciences. Her name was Maria Sklodowska. Today we know her as Marie Curie. In this episode of In Theory, we talk about her life: her childhood in Russian-occupied Poland, the Flying University, the love of her life, how she discovered radioactivity, and why her notebooks remain radioactive to this day. 👍 If you enjoyed the episode, give it a LIKE 🔔 SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications so you don't miss any episodes 📤 SHARE this video with someone who might be interested 📲 Follow us on social media: Instagram:   / enteoriaok   TikTok: tiktok.com/@enteoriaok Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vv62gT... 00:00 Intro 00:49 Why Marie Curie? 02:24 Childhood in Occupied Poland 04:12 The Pact with Her Sister 05:28 From Warsaw to the Sorbonne 06:29 Pierre Curie: The Perfect Match 11:50 Science in the 19th Century 12:50 Pitchblende and Isolation 16:04 Polonium and Radium 17:12 The Atom Is Not Immutable 21:26 What Is Radioactivity? 23:25 The First Nobel Prize 26:17 Working with Radiation Without Knowing It 28:39 Ionizing vs. Non-ionizing Radiation 33:49 Pierre's Death 34:43 Marie's Grief 38:50 The Second Nobel Prize 40:34 The Little Curies in the War 42:04 Closing