= Marie Curie
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= Pierre and Marie Curie
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Like all big names in science, she was at the right place at the right time and with the right interest and passion.
Notably, the man she married, <Pierre Curie>, happened to be a the world master at precisely the technique that she needed to carefully measure <radioactivity>: he had the most precise <electrometers> in the world, which allowed to detect small amounts of <radioactivity> via the <ionization of air by radiation >. These used <piezoelectricity>, which <Pierre Curie> co-discovered with his brother.
\Video[https://youtu.be/wbuDmY5gpXQ?t=1566]
{title=<Marie Curie> section of <The Mystery of Matter> episode 2}
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Fantastic illustration of Marie's life and work!
* https://youtu.be/wbuDmY5gpXQ?t=2041 she specifically avoided <X-ray> research because she felt that there was too much competition in that area. TODO find a written reference about that and add it to Wikipedia.
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\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Marie_Curie_c._1920s.jpg]
{title=<Marie Curie> c. 1920}
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