"I was only fifteen when I finished my high-school studies, always having held first rank in my class. The fatigue of growth and study compelled me to take almost a year's rest in the country. I then returned to my father in Warsaw, hoping to teach in the free schools."

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About Marie Curie

Marie Curie was a Polish-born French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. She won Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry and helped establish modern radiological science.

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