The Man Who Survived Being Shot Through the Head By the World’s Strongest Laser

Marie Curie

Curie was an American scientist during the early 1900s. She was the inventor of the term “radioactivity” and she conducted most of her research by extracting radioactive isotopes from pitchblende ore. Due to her lack of protection, and close proximity to radioactive materials, Curie developed aplastic anemia and died in 1934.

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