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Marie Curie, Double Episode Revisit

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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Discovery of X-rays, Radioactivity, and Elements

This chapter explores the discovery of x-rays, the connection between x-rays and phosphorescence, Henry Beccarell's work with uranium and the discovery of radioactivity. It also discusses Marie Curie's workspace, her goal to explain Beccarell's rays, the discovery of Polonium and Radium, and the different perspectives of physicists and chemists towards proof.

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