Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1967. She was the daughter of a school teacher and went to school to receive a general education in her local schools as well as some scientific training from her father. She soon found in necessary to leave Poland and head to Paris to continue her studies.
Marie studied at the Sorbonne where she obtained licentiateships in Physics and Mathematical Sciences. She met Pierre Curie who was a professor in the school of Physics, and he became her husband one year after. She performed much research with her husband, much of it in very difficult conditions with poor laboratory arrangements, ultimately to isolate the unknown element behind the concept of radioactivity which was discovered shortly before in 1896 by Henri Becquerel. The Curies researched and analyzed for many long years and eventually were successful in their isolation of the elements polonium and radium. Soon after, her …show more content…
Throughout her life, she promoted the use of radium to alleviate suffering in World War I. She was assisted by her daughter, Irene, and devoted herself to remedial work. She established a radioactivity laboratory in her native land of Warsaw, Poland and in 1929, President Hoover presented her with a $50,000 gift to purchase radium for use in the laboratory in Poland. Marie Curie was a quiet, humble, and unassuming scientist. But because of her perseverance and hard work, she was held in high esteem and admiration by scientists throughout the world. She was a member of the Conseil du Physique Solvay from 1911 until her death and was also a member of the Committee of Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations. Her work has been recorded in numerous papers in scientific journals and she wrote her own books called Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives, L’Isotopie et les Éléments Isotopes, and Traité de
Marie studied at the Sorbonne where she obtained licentiateships in Physics and Mathematical Sciences. She met Pierre Curie who was a professor in the school of Physics, and he became her husband one year after. She performed much research with her husband, much of it in very difficult conditions with poor laboratory arrangements, ultimately to isolate the unknown element behind the concept of radioactivity which was discovered shortly before in 1896 by Henri Becquerel. The Curies researched and analyzed for many long years and eventually were successful in their isolation of the elements polonium and radium. Soon after, her …show more content…
Throughout her life, she promoted the use of radium to alleviate suffering in World War I. She was assisted by her daughter, Irene, and devoted herself to remedial work. She established a radioactivity laboratory in her native land of Warsaw, Poland and in 1929, President Hoover presented her with a $50,000 gift to purchase radium for use in the laboratory in Poland. Marie Curie was a quiet, humble, and unassuming scientist. But because of her perseverance and hard work, she was held in high esteem and admiration by scientists throughout the world. She was a member of the Conseil du Physique Solvay from 1911 until her death and was also a member of the Committee of Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations. Her work has been recorded in numerous papers in scientific journals and she wrote her own books called Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives, L’Isotopie et les Éléments Isotopes, and Traité de