"Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity."

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Source: Marie Curie (2013). “Pierre Curie: With Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie”, p.83, Courier Corporation

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Marie Curie

Physicist, Chemist

Marie Curie was a pioneering physicist and chemist known for her research on radioactivity, becoming the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

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