Marie Curie was a Nobel Laureate of many firsts: the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded the prize twice and still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields. She received the news that she was to be awarded her second Nobel Prize on her 44th birthday - a special present for a very impressive scientist. | Nobel Prize

71K views · 2.9K reactions | How much do you know about Marie Curie? Curie dedicated her life to science. She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first person to be awarded twice and is still the only person to receive the prize in two different scientific fields. Curie died #OnThisDay in 1934. | Nobel Prize | Facebook