Images Dated 7th November 2005

Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist

Marie Curie (1867-1934, nee Marya Sklodowska), Polish-French physicist. With her husband Pierre, she isolated the radioactive elements polonium and radium in 1898. Marie won the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for this work. She had previously been awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics (with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel) for her work on radioactivity. She held the chair of physics at the Sevres Higher Normal School for Girls, working there from 1900-6. Following the death of Pierre in 1906, she became assistant professor at the Sorbonne, Paris, and then full professor in 1908. Photograph by Eugene Pirou, Parisian photographer who was active at the end of the 19th century

© HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY/NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Red Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) leaves, Washington State, USA

Acer palmatum, commonly known as palmate maple, Japanese maple or smooth Japanese-maple is a species of woody plant native to Japan, China, Korea, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russia. Many different cultivars of this maple have been selected and they are grown worldwide for their large variety of attractive forms, leaf shapes, and spectacular colors

© Darrell Gulin / Danita Delimont

Excursion Steamer On The Hudson River New York State In The 1870S. From American Pictures Drawn With Pen And Pencil By Rev Samuel Manning Circa 1880

© Ken Welsh / Design Pics

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