In honor of what would have been Marie Skłodowska Curie’s 151st birthday, here's a look at some of her most revolutionary discoveries: | TED-Ed

Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, and the only person ever to win in two different scientific fields: Physics and Chemistry. Curie, considered one of the pioneers of modern physics, was among the first women to earn a doctorate in France at a time when women were often barred from universities. Together with her husband, Pierre Curie, she discovered polonium and radium; the name polonium was given in hon

Marie Curie, née Sklodowska, is the only individual to have been awarded Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: 1903 in Physics and 1911 in Chemistry. Who will be awarded in 2017? Join in on the #NobelPrize announcements! Physics is coming up on 3 October and Chemistry on 4 October. Q&A on Marie Curie at nobelprize.org: goo.gl/amKvTu | Nobel Prize

Did you know that Maria Skłodowska-Curie was the first person in the world to win two Nobel Prizes? She named the element polonium in honour of Poland. So dedicated to her research, she even carried radium samples in her coat pocket! Her lab in Paris remains highly radioactive, and her notes are still too dangerous to handle even today. On 5 November 1906, at the age of 38, she delivered her inaugural lecture in physics as the the first female professor at the Sorbonne. | British Poles