Opinion Women win a fraction of scientific Nobels. Marie Curie offers fixes. The missing elements? Mentorship, encouragement and child-care support for aspiring women scientists.

1. Marie Curie’s parents were teachers. Maria Skłodowska was the fifth and youngest child of two Polish educators. Her parents placed a high value on learning and insisted that all their ...

Marie Skłodowska Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland, in November of 1867. She was the youngest of five children in a family of educators who valued education highly.

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Her father-in-law moved in with the couple to babysit for their two children. After Pierre and Marie Curie shared the Nobel, the Sorbonne gave Pierre a professorial chair; Marie was relegated to ...

Marie Curie’s Early Life as a Child Prodigy. The Polish-born French physicist gained recognition for her research on radioactivity, but she racked up accomplishments throughout her life. Marie was a ...

Ms. Sobel, a journalist and the author of “Galileo’s Daughter” (1999) and “The Glass Universe” (2016), among other books, takes the familiar story of Marie Curie (1867-1934) and ...

Finally, in the “role-play condition,” children learned about either Marie Curie or Isaac Newton, but were additionally asked to pretend to be that scientist during the game.

Marie Curie redefined the role of women in science by training a generation of “lab daughters” to have stellar careers, shows Dava Sobel's detailed and intimate new biography, The Elements of ...

There was more to Marie Curie’s life than Nobel Prizes. Though, yes, those are notable. In 1903 the Polish physicist and chemist was the first woman to win the prestigious award, together with ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Marie Curie’s Hidden Network ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 332 No. 2 (February 2025), p. 78 doi:10.1038 ...

Marie Curie Stem Elementary is a public school located in Pasco, WA, which is in a mid-size suburb setting. The student population of Marie Curie Stem Elementary is 373 and the school serves 3-5.