Marie Curie: The Mother of Radioactivity
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Polonium for Poland and Radium for the rays. Marie Curie was a Pole and scientist through and through. But as a woman in the early 20th century, her contributions in discovering two elements nearly went unknown.  Support the show: https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/hindsight/
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