Discovery of polonium and radium
Skłodowska-Curie discovers polonium and radium.
- Year
- 1898
- Place
- Paryż
- Domain
- Odkrycie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie, together with Pierre Curie, discovered the elements polonium and radium in Paris, laying the foundations for research into radioactivity.
Why it matters
The opening of a new era in the physics and chemistry of radioactivity.