CHRIS PACKHAM: Aboard a train bound for Paris sits a woman. Such was her passion for science, that when she learnt Poland’s universities didn’t accept women, she travelled across Europe to ...
The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became a status symbol ...
Inasmuch as the amount of radium discovered at the end of the year was only a ten-thousandth part of that which his and Sir William Ramsay's theories promised, he says: “This practically settles ...
The hundreds of young women who worked in watch factories throughout the 1920s were exposed to so much radium that they used to come home glowing in the dark. Then they found that the exposure caused ...
In the early 20th century, the world went ‘raving mad on the subject of radium’, according to George Bernard Shaw. The newly ...
Who was Marie Curie? Explore the inspiring story of the famous female scientist who discovered radium and radioactivity. Who was Mary Anning? Explore the life of Mary Anning, one of the greatest ...
The Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum has a permanent exhibit dedicated to the young women who used radium paint ...
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