Marie Curie

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Biography

• Born on 7 November 1867• Died on 4 July 1934• Her parents were teachers• Have 4 siblings• Mother died in 1878 from TB when

she was only nine

• After her mother died, her father could not support her anymore

• Became a governess and kept reading and studying to quench her thirst for knowledge which is her passion

• Became a teacher to be more independent• Her sister offered her to go Paris in 1891 and she

accepted the offer• Entered Sorbonne University where she studied maths

and physics• Married to Pierre Curie

Life about her

Discovery● Found out that uranium ore were a great deal

more radioactive than than pure element uranium● Polonium was a black powder 330 times more

radioactive than uranium which is in pitchblende● She discovered radioactive elements polonium

and radium● She improve the understanding of radioactivity

and effects of x-rays

Problems faced

● Had to work on the pitchblende without uranium to grind,dissolve, filter, precipitating, collect, redissolve, crystallising and recrystallising.

● Had raw and inflamed hands to work as they persevered, ignoring the dangers and they continued handling the highly radioactive materials

Achievements● 1st Nobel Prize in 1903 for Physics (with Pierre

Curie and Professor Becquerel)● 2nd Nobel Prize in 1911 for Chemistry for creating

means of measuring Radioactivity● In World War l, she worked to develop small,

mobile x-ray units to diagnose injuries near battlefront

● Ellan Richards Research Prize(1921)● Grand Prize du’ Marquis d’ Argenteuil(1923)● Cameron Prize from Edinburgh University (1931)

Death & Legacy● Died of Pernicious anaemia which developed after years of

exposure of radiation● Left with 2 daughters, Irene(born in 1988) & Eve (1904)Irene worked on the nucleus of atom with her husband, Frederic

Joliot & died of radiation-related illness, leukaemia● Irene’s daughter, Dr Helene Langevin Joliot pursued a career in

nuclear physics & became a research emeritus of National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris

● Eve became a journalist and writer● First woman to be awarded a place in Patheon● Life as a scientist which flourished because of her ability to

observe, deduce and predict

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