1. Marie Curie NS241 –Philosophy and History of Science Chegge, Dana, Nichole, Melanie Dr. Williams 11/16/11

2. Marie Curie Born Maria Sklodowska November 7, 1867 Warsaw, Poland Died Marie Curie July 4, 1934 Savoy, France

3. Her Early Life Experienced loss early on Dealt with sexism while still young which would continue throughout her life Her Father played an important role Student’s Revolutionary Organization 1891 Sorbonne Pierre Curie

5. Women Overcome Barriers Throughout History Women have always had a hard time in history and Marie Curie has broken through barriers that other women faced such as: Sexism Unconscious discrimination by bosses Being overlooked The “pipeline” 100 Years Since Marie Curie won her 2 nd Nobel Prize

6. Overcoming Her Barriers Head of the Physics Laboratory at the Sorbonne Doctor of Science degree in 1903 Professor of General Physics in the Faculty of Sciences Director of the Curie Laboratory in the Radium Institute of the University of Paris Her early researches, together with her husband, were often performed under difficult conditions, laboratory arrangements were poor and both had to undertake much teaching to earn a livelihood.

7. Her Work Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives (1904) L'Isotopie et les Éléments Isotopes and the classic Traité' de Radioactivité (1910) Marie and Pierre Curie Polonium Radium

8. Her Achievements Honorary science, medicine and law degrees and honorary memberships of learned societies throughout the world Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 Davy Medal of the Royal Society in 1903 Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911 1921, President Harding of the United States, on behalf of the women of America, presented her with one gram of radium in recognition of her service to science

9. Controversy Rumors and Gossip surrounded her second Nobel Prize “Morally Unfit” Paul Langevin

10. Her Firsts She was the first to use the term radioactivity She was the first woman in Europe to receive her doctorate of science In 1903, she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Physics She was also the first female lecturer, professor and head of Laboratory at the Sorbonne University in Paris She was the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes when she won again in 1911. She was the first mother-Nobel Prize Laureate of daughter-Nobel Prize Laureate. She is the first woman which has been laid to rest under the famous dome of the Pantheon in Paris for her own merits. She received 15 gold medals, 19 degrees, and other honors.

11. Her Relevancy Today Role Model for Women Radioactivity

12. Uses of Radioactivity Medicine X-Rays Atomic Structure Radioactive Isotopes Prevention of Food borne Illnesses Smoke Detectors NASA spacecraft Glow-in-the-Dark Watches, etc…

14. Fun Facts The Maria Reactor in Poland, which is a research nuclear reactor named after Marie Curie (right) Marie Curie was called Manya During World War I, Marie worked as an "X-ray technician," taught radiological technology, and equipped mobile X-ray vans to assist in the war effort.

15. Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. -Marie Curie “You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. “ –Marie Curie

16. References o From Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967Nobel Lectures o http://www.aip.org/history/curie/unstable.htm http://www.aip.org/history/curie/unstable.htm o http://library.thinkquest.org/27917/content/uses.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/27917/content/uses.htm o http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/mariecurie.html http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/mariecurie.html o http://www.bluesci.org/?p=3268 http://www.bluesci.org/?p=3268 o http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/marie_curie.htm http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/marie_curie.htm o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FSiGWCX09s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FSiGWCX09s

17. For Further Enlightenment on Your Own Time o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vTRrZU-LKQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vTRrZU-LKQ