Marie Curie

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Marie Curie

• By
• Tosha Thompson
• 1st period

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Born

• Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867.

Marie's birthplace
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Mother

• Bronislawa Boguska
• Pianist
• Singer
• Managed boarding school for girls
• Died May 9, 1878

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Father

• Gladys Sklodwska
• Professor of Mathematics
• Professor of Physics

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Siblings

• Zofia (born 1862)
• Józef (born 1863)
• Bronislawa (born 1865)
• Helena (born 1866)

Marie, her father, and siblings
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Childhood

• Sister Zophia died of typhus
• Mother later died of tuberculosis
• Because of these two tragedies, she lost faith in
  her Roman Catholic religion
• Had and exceptionally strong memory

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Schooling

• At the age of 10 she attended her mothers
  boarding school and graduated with high honors
• In 1893, she graduated 1st place in physics
• In 1894, she graduated 2nd place with a degree in
  math

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Pierre Curie

• French physicist
• Instructor in the School of Physics and Chemistry
• Pioneer in
• Crystallography
• Magnetism
• Piezoelectricity
• Radioactivity

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Marie Pierre

• Pierre was 8 years older than Marie
• She met him at the age of 27
• Both were idealist
• July 1895, married at the town hall in Sceaux

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Children

• Irene (born 1897)
• Eve (born 1904)

Marie and her children Irene(left) Eve(right)
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Tragedy Strikes...Again

• In Paris, on April 19, 1906, it was raining
  Pierre was crossing the street when he slipped
  and fell , then was ran over by a horse-drawn
  vehicle his skull was badly fractured and he
  died.
• After her husbands death, Marie took over his
  classes and continued his research at the
  University of Paris.

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Marie Curie's Death

• July 4, 1934, Marie Curie died of leukemia, in
  Sancellemoz, France, at the age of 67.

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Achievements

• First scientist to use the term radioactive
• In 1898, Marie and Pierre discovered polonium and
  radium
• In 1903, both were awarded the Nobel Prize in
  Physics for the discovery of radioactive
  elements.
• In 1911, was awarded the Nobel Prize in
  chemistry.

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Achievements (cont.)

• In 1914, Marie was appointed head of the Paris
  Institute of Radium.
• She then went on and helped found the Curie
  Institute.

The Radium Institute
The Curie Institute
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Interesting Facts

• 3 main types of Radioactivity alpha radiation,
  gamma radiation, and beta radiation
• Radium melts at 1292 degrees Fahrenheit
• Rumor After research, Marie glowed due to
  exposure to radium.

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Interesting Facts (cont.)

• In 1903, Marie and Pierre shared their Nobel
  Prize with Antoine Henri.
• Marie was the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize.
• Marie would faint while in college due studying
  so much, she would not eat.

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Interesting Facts (cont.)

• As a child, Marie's favorite game was block wars
• Marie and Pierre were cremated.
• Marie and Pierre used the money from their
  wedding to buy a bicycle.
• April 1995, they were enshrined in the Crypt of
  Pantheon in Paris, France.

ltltCrypt of Pantheon
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Summary

• In my opinion, Marie Curie was one of the
  greatest female scientist in history. She had to
  suffer so many hardships in her life, but yet she
  was still successful. Today, many scientist have
  followed in her footsteps. She has inspired me to
  never give up, even when life seems to be over.

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Sources

• Guyer, R. L. (2005,Winter) Obsessive Genius the
  Inner World of Marie Curie. The Wilson
  Quarterly, 29(1), 120. Retrieved December 1,
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• Heilburn, C. G. (1995, May ) Marie Curie A Life.
  The Women's Review of Books, 12(8), 5.
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• Marie (Sklodowska) Curie. (2003). In Contemporary
  Authors Online, Detroit Gale Retrieved
  December 1, 2009, from Literature Resources
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Sources (cont.)

• Winters, K. (2003). Critical Essay on "Madame
  Curie". In D. M. Galens, J. Smith, E. Thomason
  (Eds.)Nonfiction Classics for Students
  Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on
  Nonfiction Works, 2Detroit Gale Retrieved
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