- "How many time do I have to explain it to you, Martin? There's only one way to safely split the thermacore."
- —Marie Curie to Martin Stein[src]
Marie Curie is one of history's most prominent physicists and was one of the scientists kidnapped by the time traveler Martin Stein to assist him in discovering a way to divide the Firestorm Matrix, so that the Firestorm powers would be left with Jefferson Jackson alone. Marie devised a way to split the thermacore, but not without leaving both of its users without powers.
Biography[]
Trapped on the Waverider in 1967, Marie Curie and two other kidnapped scientists, Galileo and Isaac Newton, were forced to work for hours by Martin Stein, who desperately searched for a way to separate the Firestorm Matrix in a way that would allow Jefferson Jackson to keep his Firestorm powers. Marie had been mostly quiet throughout the brainstorming, enjoying a slice of pecan pie. When asked for her opinion, she reiterated her postulate about there being only one way to split the thermacore of Firestorm: removing powers from both meta-humans. Afterwards, Marie was presumably brought back to her original time period by Martin.[1]
Abilities[]
- Genius-level intellect/Master physicist: Marie was a physicist famous throughout history for her discoveries, which was the reason Martin Stein sought her out. She was able to devise a way to separate the Firestorm Matrix, but not without leaving both Martin and Jefferson Jackson powerless.[1]
Appearances[]
DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]
Season 1[]
- "White Knights" (mentioned)
Season 2[]
- "Out of Time" (mentioned)
Season 3[]
Supergirl[]
Season 3[]
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" (mentioned)
Behind the scenes[]
- In real life, Marie Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a real person, a Polish and French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.