Marie Curie and the Glow of Radium
In short: Marie and Pierre Curie discovered polonium and radium by processing tons of pitchblende ore, proving radioactivity is an atomic property.
A 1:14 short film in the series “How It Worked”.
Sources used in this film: Britannica, “Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie contribution to radioactivity | Britannica”; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, “The Discovery of Radioactivity”; Britannica, “Atom - Radioactivity, Particles, Discovery | Britannica”; Nobel Prize, “MARIE CURIE - NobelPrize.org”.
Sources used in this film
- Britannica — Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie contribution to radioactivity | Britannica · View →
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — The Discovery of Radioactivity · View →
- Britannica — Atom - Radioactivity, Particles, Discovery | Britannica · View →
- Nobel Prize — MARIE CURIE - NobelPrize.org · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Britannica: Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie contribution to radioactivity | Britannica
- Also: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: The Discovery of Radioactivity
- Also: Britannica: Atom - Radioactivity, Particles, Discovery | Britannica
- Also: Nobel Prize: MARIE CURIE - NobelPrize.org
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