Marie Salomea Sklodowska, other wise known as Marie Curie. Marie Curie was a french woman who worked in physics and chemistry. Marie is the most famous for her work with radioactivity, and the discovery of Polonium and Radium. Marie Curie was born November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She is the daughter of Wladyslaw and Bronislava, who were both teachers. (Famous Scientists) Marie was the youngest of five children. As she grew up, she faced many obstacles such as, her family did not have a lot of money and when she was only ten years old her mother died due to Tuberculosis. (biography.com) Curie was one of the smartest out of all the children in her family. She graduated at the top of her class. She wanted to go to the University of Warsaw,
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There she researched and performed labs on the study of magnetic properties. (biography.org) Marie was in need of a place where she could continue her work with magnetic properties. With the help of friends and others she was able to find a lab where she would share with another French physicist, Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre mainly worked on their own stuff, but there were times when they would share what they were working on. After two years of working with each other, they created a strong bond and kept growing closer to one another. Eventually the two got married on July 26, 1895. …show more content…
With the help of a special mineral called, pitchblende, the two found a brand new element that was also radioactive. They element they discovered is the element Polonium. (Online.Infobase) As they were celebrating about their new discovery of Polonium, they came across something else. In the year 1902 the Curies found another new element which was named radium. (fi.edu)
The year 1903 was a big year for Marie Curie. Marie was now knows as the first female physicist to win a Nobel Prize. Her husband, Pierre Curie was as well awarded with the Nobel Prize. Marie and Pierre Curie were now looked at as worldwide phenomenons.
Later on in 1906, Marie faced another devastating loss. Her husband died due to him stepping out in front of a moving horse-drawn wagon. (biography.org) Although, her husband's death was tragic Marie was able to get something she never thought would happen in a million years. Curie took over Pierre’s job as a teacher at Sorbonne, the school where she earned her mathers. Marie Curie again made women look like they could do anything by becoming the first woman
There she researched and performed labs on the study of magnetic properties. (biography.org) Marie was in need of a place where she could continue her work with magnetic properties. With the help of friends and others she was able to find a lab where she would share with another French physicist, Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre mainly worked on their own stuff, but there were times when they would share what they were working on. After two years of working with each other, they created a strong bond and kept growing closer to one another. Eventually the two got married on July 26, 1895. …show more content…
With the help of a special mineral called, pitchblende, the two found a brand new element that was also radioactive. They element they discovered is the element Polonium. (Online.Infobase) As they were celebrating about their new discovery of Polonium, they came across something else. In the year 1902 the Curies found another new element which was named radium. (fi.edu)
The year 1903 was a big year for Marie Curie. Marie was now knows as the first female physicist to win a Nobel Prize. Her husband, Pierre Curie was as well awarded with the Nobel Prize. Marie and Pierre Curie were now looked at as worldwide phenomenons.
Later on in 1906, Marie faced another devastating loss. Her husband died due to him stepping out in front of a moving horse-drawn wagon. (biography.org) Although, her husband's death was tragic Marie was able to get something she never thought would happen in a million years. Curie took over Pierre’s job as a teacher at Sorbonne, the school where she earned her mathers. Marie Curie again made women look like they could do anything by becoming the first woman