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
94188841

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