"She and Linus Pauling are the only two people who have won Nobel Prizes in two different fields." Huh???? What about Einstein?
- Einstein won it once, and not even for the theory of relativity, but for the photoelectric effect. Einstein did 4 major publications: in 1905, special relativity, the photoelectric effect, and Brownian motion; later, general relativity. However, he did only get once the Nobel. David.Monniaux 09:07, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Could someone in the know clarify what is meant by the "sometimes reeking of xenophobia" statement (in reference to the scandal). Is the article saying that xenophobic things were said about Marie in the press in reaction to the scandal?
- That's exactly what it's saying. --Fastfission 02:22, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)
article name should be Marie Skłodowska-Curie?
Listening to NPR's Talk of the Nation radio show about Marie Skłodowska-Curie, I heard the author of a recent book about her emphasize that she was proud of her original Polish surname "Skłodowska" and preferred that it be included in her name. I think that was said to be on her gravestone, and the common usage outside of France also. Can someone confirm this? I also see references to "Marie Curie-Skłodowska", and even "Skłodowski". --NealMcB 21:47, 2004 Dec 10 (UTC)
Looks like her dad's last name was Sklodowski, and hers was sklodowska - perhaps the spelling is due to difference in gender?
- Maria Sklodowska was born as the fifth and youngest child of Bronsilawa Boguska, a pianist, singer, and teacher, and Wladyslaw Sklodowski, a professor of mathematics and physics.
- http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/msc.htm --NealMcB 16:32, 2004 Dec 11 (UTC)
- http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_endings.htm about Polish surnames endings :)--Emax 16:42, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders. Surnames ending in -ski are regarded as adjectives, so they, too, reflect gender with different endings. Thus Janowski is the nominative form for a male; Janowska is the same form for a female.--Emax 16:42, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Maria (or Marie) Skłodowska-Curie is correct.--Emax 16:45, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks! See also: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday on her: http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgDate=10-Dec-2004&prgId=5 --NealMcB 16:55, 2004 Dec 11 (UTC)
Great entry, but it tends to repeat itself in a number of places. Also, the grammar could use some polish.
One book on Curie (by Sarah Dry) says that her Polish name was "Manya" (Marie is the French version). Anybody know enough Polish, or enough about Curie, to know if that's true? --Fastfission 02:22, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)