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Marie Curie
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
• Had two daughters, Irene and Eve Curie
• Worked with husband
A little bit about me
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
