Marie Curie: References & Edit History
More Articles On This Topic
Additional Reading
Biographies of Marie Curie include Ève Curie, Madame Curie, trans. from French (1937, reprinted 1986), a full account written by her daughter; Robert Reid, Marie Curie (1974); Françoise Giroud, Marie Curie: A Life (1986); Rosalynd Pflaum, Grand Obsession (1989), a dual biography of Marie and Pierre; and Susan Quinn, Marie Curie (1995), written with access to Marie’s previously unavailable journal.
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
-
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors.
Other Contributors
- Andrzej Stos
- Martin W
Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors
Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 04, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 03, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Potters Wax Museum - Marie Curie. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Listen - Big Ideas - The remarkable life of Marie Curie and the women scientists she inspired with Dava Sobel. | Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Added three top questions. | Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - ABC Radio National|Big Ideas - The remarkable life of Marie Curie and the women scientists she inspired with Dava Sobel. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Europeana - Maria Skłodowska-Curie. | Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Witness History - Marie Curie. | Jun 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Marie and Pierre Curie and the discovery of polonium and radium. | May 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College - Marie Curie: The Quantum Matriarch. | Apr 19, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteseerX - Madame Maria Sklodowska-Curie ? brilliant scientist, humanitarian, humble hero: Poland?s gift to the World (PDF). | Feb 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science History Institute - Marie Sklodowska Curie. | Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Marie Curie (18671934): Twice Nobel Laureate and Her Enduring Legacy in Radiation Medicine. | Aug 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lemelson-MIT Program - Marie Curie. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Franklin Institute - Case Files: Marie Curie. | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Marie Curie: Facts and biography. | Sep 04, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | Jan 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Marie Curie. | Jun 27, 2022 | ||
| Changed “Paul Appel” to “Paul Appell.” | Feb 17, 2022 | ||
| Changed “leukemia” to “aplastic anemia.” | Jan 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - Marie Curie. | Jun 13, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Marie Curie. | Jun 13, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 04, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Madame Curie � X-Ray Machine Inventor. | Feb 28, 2017 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 20, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Marie Curie. | Jul 31, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: France.fr - Biography of Marie Curie. | Jan 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Marie Curie. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids! - Marie and Pierre Curie. | Mar 16, 2012 | ||
| Added "Salomea" to her maiden name and changed "Poland" to "Congress Kingdom of Poland" in her birth information. |
|
Nov 08, 2011 | |
| Photos of Marie Curie in her laboratory, of Pierre and Marie Curie with their bicycles, of Pierre Curie, Gustave Bemont, and Marie Curie, of Pierre, Marie, and Irene Curie, and of Marie Curie in her laboratory in 1925 added. | Jan 29, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Biography of Marie Curie. | Apr 24, 2009 | ||
| Updated to change Curie's sister's name from Bronia to Bronislawa. |
|
Feb 13, 2009 | |
| Updated to mention that Curie is the first (and only) woman to have won Noble Prizes in two different fields. |
|
Feb 11, 2009 | |
| Added new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Biography of Marie Curie. | Jan 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Marie And Pierre Curie and the Discovery Of Polonium And Radium. | Oct 23, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Marie Curie. |
|
Apr 30, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: Nobel Foundation - Biography of Marie Curie. | Apr 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Nobel Foundation - Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium. | Apr 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Wolfram Research - Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography - Biography of Marie Curie. | Apr 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: American Institute of Physics - Marie Curie and The Science of Radioactivity. | Apr 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chemical Heritage Foundation - Biography of Marie Sklodowska Curie. | Oct 19, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Science in Poland - Biography of Maria Sklodowska-Curie. | Oct 16, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Atomic Archive - Marie Curie. | Oct 16, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: American Institute of Physics - Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity. | Sep 01, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 17, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Science in Poland - Biography of Maria Sklodowska-Curie. | May 31, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 25, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 25, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
View Changes:
Article History
Revised:
By: