Madame Curie
Published on Nov 24, 2015
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MS. RADIUM
BY THOMAS PETROCELLI
HER EARLY LIFE.
- Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1876,
- Her father was a math teacher
- She learned as much as she could from her father
EARLY SCHOOLING
- She learned as much as she could from her father
- She secretly went to a college in Warsaw.
LIFE IN PARIS
- She then went to Paris to continue her studies in college. Where women could go legally
- In Paris she received degree in both science and math.
NEW LIFE, AND NEW LOVE
- In 1894 she met Pierre Curie her future collaborator and husband
- Together they discovered radium and polonium.
THE AGE OF CURIE
- In 1903 they won the Nobel prize for their work with radium
- She became the first women to win the Nobel prize.
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END.
- Together they had two daughters
- Sadly in 1906 Pierre was killed in a terrible accident
CONTINUE THE FIGHT
- After Pierre's death, curie took over his teaching at the university.
- She won the Nobel prize again for her work with polonium.
X- RAY AT THE FRONT
- She used radioactivity for x rays in World War One
- Both she and her daughter served as x- ray medics at the front.
THE END OF A ERA
- Miss curie died in 1934 because of leukemia
- Some believed that she died because of her work with radioactivity.
