Marie Curie, a Woman of Science

Content : From Poland to Paris, discover the story of an extraordinary woman: guided by her respect for life and her faith in science, she saved millions of human lives.

Maria Sklodowska grew up in a Poland under Russian rule, where women had little future.
Yet she dreamed of knowledge and freedom! But where could she find them?
To overcome grief and loneliness, she threw herself wholeheartedly into the study of science.

A few years later, in France, she met Pierre and became a renowned physicist and chemist under the name Marie Curie. Deeply in love, they shared all their research. But for how long?

The only woman ever to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, Marie changed the world through her pioneering work on radioactivity.