Who was the first person to receive a second Nobel Prize?
Correct answer: Marie Curie
EliteLawyercat57024
Fortunate for the rest of us that some people use their giftedness, time, and efforts to contribute to humanity. Thank you Marie Curie.
Belugas&PolarBears
As a Medical Radiation Technologist, I couldn't do what I do without Marie Curies discoveries! She was very fortunate to belong to a family where she was encouraged at a time when women in science didn't exist!
masterridley
Albert Einstein received a Nobel for the photoelectric effect and none for his 2 world shattering theories of relativity!
WaldoLydeker
Player #926108, and their life. She died from being exposed to radiation.
Nutshell
Unfortunately, her work quite literally killed her, radiation poisoning.
Player #4243757
Belugas&PolarBears, her presence proves that women in science did exist!
docdebbielove1
I didn't know all about this. So interesting!
Player #20043658
France is still said to be cleaning up her lab just outside of Paris, dubbed 'Chernobyl on the Siene'. approximately €10 million has been spent trying to de-contaminate the lab.
ToughEggman19408
Some of her papers have never been seen as they are still too radioactive
SeventhAverage4
Unfortunately, She died from radiation poisoning
Guillermo
great lady and scientist.. too bad the Nobel Prize has become so politically driven..
Birdiemom
HA! This was on Jeopardy! a few days ago.
Player #23645392
Sadly, she died after being exposed to radioactivity
♋Petrichor♋
Tom Sawyer, The ways in which mankind chooses/chose to use these elements is entirely up to his/her choosing. Medical marvels or killing vessels?
Player #20664512
Maria Sklodowska-Curie.
Refik
Another recipient:
Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994)
1954 - Chemistry
1962 - Peace
Jackie
masterridley, and his wife received no credit whatsoever…
Maestra
She is one of my heroes!!
Organic Dude
Pierre Curie was killed by being hit/run over by a carriage in the street.
Player #62752956
Player #20664512, yes, a polish woman!
Inquisitive4Life
M. Curie was an amazing woman with a brilliant mind. Can only imagine that there were a plethora of women who emerged throughout the past decades who were talented and amazing yet ignored or suppressed in a male dominant society. Now, more accounts of women who have and are major contributors across the STEM platform, medicine, business, etc., are being disclosed and acknowledged. Its time!
Buzzem
The key to this question is remembering that a Nobel prize can only be won once in a field. That's why Marie Curie could win well deserved awards in both Physics and Chemistry and Einstein could only win one in Physics. Arguably his contributions were so great they should have given him two or even three!
Buzzem
masterridley, Einstein's 1923 Nobel was for both theory contributions (special and then general relativity) and revolutionizing the understanding of how light works via photoelectric effect inspired ideas. The giant leap in understanding from his photoelectric effect work had a much larger practical impact at the time. It wasn't til the 30s and 40s that the awesome and horrifying power of e=mc^2 propelled his fame to be synonymous with genius like it is today
Lady Wolf Moon
What I love about this is that it was a woman and at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Makube
always did think she was cool!
PBL
a close majority vote
Player #10639782
I think this question is a repeat
Player #1857589
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MadMarcus1812
I personally don't agree with radiation therapy, it does more damage than good, there are and need to be safer alternatives
constantgamer0421
Player #1856199, 😂😂😂
Dianna Bella74
a lot of the time the picture shown relates to the question, but isn't a clue for the answer.
Nutshell
Her work quite literally killed her, radiation poisoning.
Goddess Raven
Player #712230, it’s a picture of the Nobel prize itself