We learn, for example, that "only the great [Ernest] Rutherford knew how to deal with Marie, because he was not awed by her— he liked her." He also is quoted as saying "Madame Curie is a hard person ...

In 1903, Marie Curie (November 7 ... including Einstein, Max Planck, and Ernest Rutherford. While the conference was a scientific triumph, with discussions shaping the future of quantum mechanics ...

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Nobody could have guessed that this immigrant, with barely a penny to her name, would go on to demolish some of science’s most firmly held beliefs… But Marie Sklodowska Curie was no ordinary ...