Take a look at this wedding photo from 26 July 1895 of the most renowned couple in the history of the Nobel Prize: Marie Sklodowska and Pierre Curie – co-recipients of the 1903 Physics Prize for their research on radioactivity (along with Henri Becquerel).
Instead of a bridal gown, Marie wears the very dark blue outfit that would serve her for many years as a laboratory outfit. The couple were given money as a wedding present which they each used to buy a bicycle, and long, sometimes adventurous cycle rides became their way of relaxing. Their life was otherwise filled with work and study.
Marie was awarded her second Nobel Prize in 1911, this time in the chemistry category, for her "advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element." She was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice.
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