she showed that the atom was divisible. This was significant as up to that time, from Dalton's theory, atoms were thought to be indivisible. So this was an important step toward understanding the structure of the atom.
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Marie Curie found the stuff that is in x rays and without that we wouldn't be able to find what bones are broken in our body
Marie and Pierre Curie did not discover the atom. John Dalton is credited with the discovery of the atom and J.J. Thomson with the discovery of the electron.
Bequerel was the first to note radioactivity, in 1896. Curie discovered radium in 1898, after experiments with uranium and then pitchblende.
Marie Curie discovered radium in 1898 and polonium in 1898.
where Marie curie did her first work was at her home
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