Based on the results of this research, Marie Curie received her Doctorate of Science, and in 1903 Marie and Pierre shared with Becquerel the Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of radioactivity.
In 1906, Pierre died in an accident, but Marie went on working until she died in 1906.
1906年，皮埃尔死于一场事故，但玛丽还继续工作，直到1934年去世。
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While Pierre Curie devoted himself chiefly to the physical study of the new radiations, Marie Curie struggled to obtain pure radium in the metallic state.