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Nov 2022
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Marie Curie: A Case Study in Breaking Ba...

HBR Presents / Brian Kenny
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Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska from a poor family in Poland, rose to the pinnacle of scientific fame in the early years of the twentieth century, winning the Nobel Prize twice in the fields of physics and chemistry. At the time, women were simply not accepted in scientific fields. So Curie had to overcome enormous obstacles in order to earn a doctorate a ... Show More
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