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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1895 she married the French physicist Pierre Curie, and she shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with him and with the physicist Henri Becquerel for their pioneering work developing the theory of “radioactivity"-a term she coined. In 1906 Pierre Curie died in a Paris street accident.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marie Salomea Skłodowska Curie, born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marie Curie née Marja Sklodowska (1867-1934; see photo at Musée Curie) was one of the founders of the study of radioactivity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pierre and Marie Curie made history not only in that respect, but also because their scientific teamwork led to the discovery of radioactivity and two new elements in the periodic table, for which they shared the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Detailed explanation-5: -Marie Curie is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her huge contribution to finding treatments for cancer.