Discovery in science Quote by Marie Curie

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of…

— Marie Curie

When radium was discovered, no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is…

— Marie Curie

“Yet the flip side of the coin was all the positive literature about radium. As early as 1914, specialists knew that radium could deposit…

— Kate Moore

Radium could be very dangerous in criminal hands.

— Pierre Curie

“At my urgent request the Curie laboratory, in which radium was discovered a short time ago, was shown to me. The Curies themselves were…

— Ostwald Wilhelm

The first experiments on the biological properties of radium were successfully made in France, with samples from our laboratory, while my husband was living.

— Marie Curie

The various reasons we have just enumerated lead us to believe that the new radioactive substance contains a new element to which we propose…

— Marie Curie

The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we propose to…

— Marie Curie

The radiation of radium was "contagious"-Contagious like a persistent scent or a disease. It was impossible for an object, a plant, an animal or…

— Eve Curie

RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.

— Ambrose Bierce

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for…

— Marie Curie

In an age of explosive development in the realm of medical technology, it is unnerving to find that the discoveries of Salk, Sabin, and…

— Paul Farmer