Marie Curie was Polish-born, but is known for her work in France as a chemist and physicist. She lived from 1867 to 1934. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris and remains the first and only twice-honored Nobel laureate in two different sciences.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

We should not fear what we understand, and we should not fear knowing that we don't understand everything. Our hunger for knowledge should feed our appetites and never quite satisfy our palate.