Synopsis
Dick and Dom find out how Marie Curie's discoveries revolutionised the way we live.
- Programme: Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom
- Series: 2
- Episode: Curie
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Chemistry
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