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Marie Curie, Inventor and Truck Driver of World War I

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World, September 4, 2025 (ATB Digital).- Just 3 months after World War I began, in October 1914, Marie Curie, who was then 47 years old, and her daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, of 17, got on a truck. On the back of the truck lay a voluminous device that could help doctors and soldiers who were at the front. The first units of the flotilla of mobile X-ray equipment, called “Petit Curies”, was ready. The discovery of X-rays had been produced a few y…
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World, September 4, 2025 (ATB Digital).- Just 3 months after World War I began, in October 1914, Marie Curie, who was then 47 years old, and her daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, of 17, got on a truck. On the back of the truck lay a voluminous device that could help doctors and soldiers who were at the front. The first units of the flotilla of mobile X-ray equipment, called “Petit Curies”, was ready. The discovery of X-rays had been produced a few y…

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