Curie, Marie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist, and Pierre (1859-1906), French physicist, pioneers of radioactivity. Working together on the mineral pitchblende, they discovered the elements polonium and radium, for which they shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with A.-H. Becquerel. After her husband's accidental death Marie received another Nobel Prize (for Chemistry) in 1911 for her isolation of radium. She died of leukaemia, caused by prolonged exposure to radioactive materials.
居里（指出生于波兰的法国物理学家玛丽·居里[1867-1934]和法国物理学家皮埃尔·居里[1859-1906], 放射性的开拓者; 通过对沥青铀矿的共同研究, 他们发现了钋和镭两种元素, 并因此于1903年和A·-H·贝克勒尔共同获得了诺贝尔物理学奖; 玛丽在其丈夫意外丧生后因分离出镭而于1911年又获得诺贝尔化学奖; 她因长期暴露在放射性材料下而死于白血病）。