National Health Museum
Access Excellence: The Discovery of Radioactivity: Dawn of the Nuclear Age
This article discusses the historical discoveries of the atom and radioactivity. Includes links to biographies of famous people.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium
The Nobel Foundation provides a lecture given by Nanny Froman at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Sotckholm, Sweden. "Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium" is organized into several sections including:...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Marie Curie
This site, which happens to be in Spanish, probes into the life and works of Marie Curie. Discover her accomplishments and how they impacted society.
National Health Museum
Radioactivity: Historical Figures
A summary of the contributions of Wilhelm Roentgen, Antione Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Radioactivity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Radioactivity: how it was discovered, definition of radioactivity and radiation and examples of radioactive elements.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Marie Curie Biographical
This site from the Nobel eMuseum from the Nobel Foundation provides information for you to read about the life and scientific discoveries of Marie Curie (1867-1934 CE), whose work with radioactivity earned her two Nobel Prizes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Radioactivity of Iodine 131
This is a five-question quiz focusing on the Radioactivity of Iodine-131.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Radioactivity
Overview of radioactivity, the process in which particles are emitted from nuclei as a result of nuclear instability.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Discovery of Radioactivity
Features an overview of the discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel in 1896.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Radioactivity in Nature
This entry provides a summary of radioactivity in nature and the decay chain.