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Marie Curie discovered radioactivity in the 1890s.

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Is it true that Marie Curie discovered radioactivity in the 1890s?

No. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources attribute the discovery or first description of radioactivity to Henri Becquerel (sometimes jointly with the Curies), while crediting Marie Curie with discovering radium and polonium. None of the placed items supports the claim that Curie discovered radioactivity in the 1890s.

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Marie Curie. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

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2011
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The contribution of Marie Skłodowska-Curie to the development of modern oncology. (2011). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-4712-1

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The Enduring Legacy of Marie Curie: Impacts of Radium in 21st Century Radiological and Medical Sciences - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2022.2027542

2013
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Principles of Radiation Therapy. (2013). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40489-4_10

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Introduction to Radioisotope Geochronology/Part One - Introduction. (n.d.). en.wikibooks.org. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Radioisotope_Geochronology/Part_One_-_Introduction

2009
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Mastering picocoulombs in the 1890s: the Curies' quartz- electrometer instrumentation, and how it shaped early radioactivity history. (2009). centralesupelec.hal.science. https://centralesupelec.hal.science/hal-00411620v1

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