The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World

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2013

DocumentaryHistory

1 hour

Summary

Over 80 years after her death, Marie Curie remains by far the best-known female scientist. In her lifetime, she became that rare thing - a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip. This multi-layered film reveals the real Marie Curie, an extraordinary woman who fell in love three times, had to survive the pain of loss, and the public humiliation of a doomed love affair. It is a riveting portrait of a tenacious mother and scientist, who opened the door on a whole new realm of physics, which she discovered and named - radioactivity.

StatusReleased: 12 years ago
May 3, 2013

LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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