MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE (07,11, ,07,1934)

BIOGRAPHY NAME : MARYA SKLODOWSKA (MARIE SKLODOWSKA) BORN : 7 NOVEMBER 1867 IN WARSAW, KINGDOM OF POLAND, PART OF RUSSIAN EMPIRE DIED : 4 JULY 1934 (AGED 66)PASSY, HAUTE-SAVOIE, FRANCE CITIZENSHIP : POLAND (BY BIRTH) FRANCE (BY MARRIAGE) INSTITUTIONS: UNIVERSITY OF PARIS NOTABLE AWARDS: NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS (1903) DAVY MEDAL (1903) MATTEUCCI MEDAL (1904) ELLIOTT CRESSON MEDAL (1909) ALBERT MEDAL (1910) NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY (1911) WILLARD GIBBS AWARD (1921)

NEW LIFE IN PARIS AND HER DISCOVERING -IN 1898, THE CURIE FOUND TWO NEW ELEMENTS THAT GAVE OFF RADIATION. THEY NAME THESES ELEMENTS POLONIUM AND RADIUM. -IN THOSE DAYS, NO ONE KNEW THAT SUCH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WERE DANGEROUS. -FINALLY, IN 1902, THEY PROVED THE EXISTENCE OF RADIUM.

HER ACHIEVEMENT -ON JUNE 5, 1903, MARIE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A DOCTOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM THE SORBONNE. -IN 1903, THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AT STOKHOLM, SWEDEN, AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS TO MARIE AND PIRRE AND HENRI BECQUEREL FOR THEIR DISCOVERIES IN RADIOACTIVITY.

HER ACHIEVEMENT #..IN 1910,SHE ISOLATED RADIUM. IT WAS THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MARIE CURIE’S CAREER. #..IN 1911, SHE RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE AGAIN AND THE FIRST PERSON TO RECEIVE IT A SECOND TIME.

1935 STATUE, FACING THE RADIUM INSTITUTE, WARSAW OVER THE YEARS, MARIE’S CONSTANT EXPOSURE TO RADIATION CONTINUED TO DESTROY HER HEALTH. SHE DIED ON JULY 4, 1934, FROM AN ILLNESS CAUSED BY HER LIFE’S WORK: RADIUM.

THANKS! BY SOMET MAO CLASS 4.1 NO. 38