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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 inWarsaw, 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 PositionsHeld • 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 OtherAchievements • 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 theuse 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
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