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Mini lectures: Marie Curie

In this lecture from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, the story is told of Marie Curie and her extraordinary life. The lecture is presented as Marie Curie's life story taking us from her early years in Poland to Paris where she spent most of her life. The lecture contains many photographs, some recorded speeches and other artefacts to hold viewers' interest. Along with details of her personal life, the lecture provides the background to her winning the Nobel Prize in Physics and a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry.

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