Marie Curie and Dmitri Mendeleev
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In this episode we review the lives and achievements of two towering figures in the world of 19th century science.  Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) pioneered work in radioactivity, discovered two new elements and is the only winner of two Nobel prizes in different sciences.  Dmitri Mendeleev (1834 - 1907) is the Russian chemist who proposed the Periodic Law and the Periodic Table of the Elements.
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