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Marie Curie lived to be 66 at a time when the life expectancy in France was around 45. It's true her husband and co-experimenter, Pierre Curie, only lived to be
by spikels 13y ago
Marie Curie lived to be 66 at a time when the life expectancy in France was around 45. It's true her husband and co-experimenter, Pierre Curie, only lived to be 46 - he was killed by a heavy horse-drawn cart!
Perhaps we are a little too paranoid about the risks of radiation.
- nyrina 13y agoAnd smoking isn't unhealthy, because my dad is still alive and kicking at 80 years old, right? This is the reason why the size of the samples are important.
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- Peaker 13y agoI assume you meant life expectancy at birth. That is very different from life expectancy at adult ages. The former can be skewed downwards much by many babies not surviving their first few days. It would be much more productive to compare the average life expectancy of those who died from natural causes with Marie's, or at least those of adults.