Ștefania Mărăcineanu studied polonium a radioactive element discovered by Polish-French physicist Marie Curie.
The Google Doodle on June 18 marked pioneering Romanian physicist Ștefania Mărăcineanu’s birth anniversary. She was a key figure in the discovery and study of radioactivity.Google honours Ștefania Mărăcineanu
Google’s Doodle was nod to her study of polonium — a radioactive element discovered by Polish-French physicist Marie Curie.
Mărăcineanu was born in Bucharest in 1882. Not much is known about her childhood.
She grew up to study physical and chemical science at the University of Bucharest. After graduating in 1910, she began teaching at the same school she had attended – the Central School for Girls.
While teaching at the school, Mărăcineanu was granted a scholarship by the Romanian Ministry of Science. She used that to pursue graduate research at the Radium Institute in Paris.
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