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Marie Curie's cookbooks remain radioactive to this day. Science presenter Helen Arney explores the discoveries of Marie and Pierre Curie, and the fatal costs of whipping up a batch of bright green radium soup.

For more fascinating slices of cultural history, listen to Essential Classics' Time Traveller feature, every weekday morning after 10.

Music in this clip:

Bach: Toccata in D minor, BVW 565
Marie-Claire Alain

Toccata in D minor, BVW 565 (arr Mike Batt)
Vanessa Mae (violin)
Dick Morgan (oboe)
Maurice Murphy (trumpet)
Royal Philharmonic
Mike Batt (cond)

Toccata and fugue (BWV 565) arr. Jacques Loussier
Jacques Loussier (piano)

Toccata and fugue (BWV.565) orch. Stokowski
麻豆社 Philharmonic
Matthais Bamert