Marie Curie was a Polish and French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867 and was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, which she won in both physics and chemistry. Curie's greatest accomplishment was her discovery of the elements radium and polonium, for which she is considered one of the most accomplished scientists in history.

1. Marie Curie
November 7, 1867- July 4, 1934
Greatest accomplishment :
radioactivity
Quote: “A scientist in his
laboratory is not a mere
technician: he is also a child
confronting natural phenomena
that impress him as though they
were fairy tales.”

2. • Born in Warsaw, Poland (was capital back
then)
• Father taught mathematics and physics
• Married Pierre Curie on July 25, 1895
– Met in school of physics in 1894
A little bit about me
• Had two daughters, Irene and Eve
Curie
• Worked with husband

3. Education and Positions Held
• Had General education went to local schools
• Her farther gave her some scientific training
• Professor of General Physics in the Faculty of
Sciences
• Director of the Curie Laboratory in the Radium
Institute of the University of Paris in 1914.
• Was member of the Conseil du Physique Solvay
• Also was member of the Committee of Intellectual
Co-operation of the League of Nations

4. Awards and Other Achievements
• Won Nobel Prize twice for Chemistry and
Physics
–First woman to win Nobel Prize and only
woman to win the award in two different
fields
• Received Davy Medal of the Royal Society
• Discovered Radium and Polonium

5. Contributions
• promoted the use of radium in World
War 1
• developed methods for the
separation of radium from
radioactive residues in sufficient
quantities to allow for its
characterization and the careful
study of its properties

6. References
http://www.biography.com/articles/Marie-Curie-9263538?part=0
http://www.aip.org/history/curie/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/marie-
curie-bio.html
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7. References
http://www.biography.com/articles/Marie-Curie-9263538?part=0
http://www.aip.org/history/curie/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/marie-
curie-bio.html
94188841