Marie Curie

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BBC Science Correspondent Pallab Ghosh chooses the double Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Marie Curie Pallab explains how Marie achieved iconic status through her work on radioactivity. She also weighs up the cost she paid for her success. Presenter Matthew Parris is also joined in the studio by Curie biographer, Sarah Dry. Producer: John Byrne First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2007.