Marie Curie By: Myha, Abelardo
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Marie Curie
By: Myha, Abelardo
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Polish physicist and chemist discovered Radium & Polonium
DOB:November 7, 1867
Place of birth:Warsaw, Poland
Death:July 4, 1934
Place of death:Passy, France
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Spouse:Pierre Curie (1895-1906)
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Children:Irène Joliot-Curie & Ève Curie
Early life
- Parents were both teachers
- Youngest out of five children
- Took after her father which was a math and physics instructor
- Lost her mother at the age of 11 to tuberculosi
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EDUCATION
- Wasn't able to attend the men-only University of Warsaw
- Continued education in Warsaw's "floating university" (underground, informal classes held in secret)
- Completed master's degree in physics in 1893 and then earned degree in math in the following year
education cont.
- Continued her studies at the University of Paris in 1891 at age 24
- Gained her Doctor of Science degree in 1903
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Achievements
- conducted pioneering research on radioactivity
- 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize and became a professor at University of Paris
Discoveries
- Conducted own experiments on uranium rays
- New radioactive element in 1898 and named it polonium after Marie's native country
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interesting facts
- Throughout her life she actively promoted the use of radium to alleviate suffering during WWI
- In 1929 she was presented with a gift of $50,000 by President Hoover
- Wrote a book called "Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives" in 1904
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She then died on July 4, 1934 due to Aplastic Anemia because of too much exposure to radiation
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