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Marie Curie, born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, was a self-sacrificing genius with an incredible work ethic and a complete disdain for money. Curie’s papers (including her cookbooks) are considered too dangerous to handle due to their levels of radioactive contamination. The Curie family has received the most Nobel prizes to date. Ève Curie Labouisse, Curie's second daughter, joked about this legacy: There were five Nobel Prizes in my family, two for my mother, one for my father, one for [my] sister, and brother-in-law and one for her husband.