now known by the french name marie, she worked hard in the laboratory, catching the attention of pierre curie, the laboratory director .
marie and pierre married in 1895. although they were very poor, they were both devoted to their research and to each other.
in 1898, the couple discovered the elements polonium and radium. they eventually won the nobel prize for physics in 1903 for the discovery of radioactivity. when pierre died in 1906, marie honored his memory by continuing their work. in 1911, marie curie won another nobel prize, this time for chemistry. she was the first person to win the nobel prize twice.