Marie Curie not only the first woman to have won a Nobel Prize, she is also the only person to
win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences. Most notably, however, Marie Curie discovered
radiation. She was also the first person to use radiation to treat tumors. Curie experimented
extensively with radioactivity during her scientific career. Unfortunately the damaging effects of
radiation were not known then. Her exposure to radiation most likely was the cause of her
blindness and early death. Still today her scientific papers are considered too dangerous to handle
without protective equipment. These documents are stored in lead-lined boxes. Even her
cookbook is radioactive. She must have made some really hot food in her lifetime.