Personalities. Medicine. Science/Health. pic: circa 1910. Marie Curie, (Polish born French Physicist) 1867-1934, pictured working at her desk. Marie Curie won the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with husband Pierre and after his death in 1906 she won the 191 [Getty Images]

Personalities, Medicine, Science/Health, pic: circa 1910, Marie Curie, (Polish born French Physicist) 1867-1934, pictured working at her desk, Marie Curie won the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with husband Pierre and after his death in 1906 she won the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images) — see more

Personalities, Medicine, Science/Health, pic: circa 1910, Marie Curie, (Polish born French Physicist) 1867-1934, pictured working at her desk, Marie Curie won the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with husband Pierre and after his death in 1906 she won the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)