Marie surrounded entirely by male peers at the Solvay Conference in 1927. INTIMATE black and white photos of legendary chemist and physicist, Marie Curie, have resurfaced today, her 150th birthday. The images show Curie, born Maria Sklodowska, being received by then US President Warren G. Harding, at the White House to be presented with a gram of radium. Others offer a glimpse into her personal life from her early life with her family to striking portraits of the scientist not long before her death. mediadrumworld.com