sábado, 20 de abril de 2013

Marie Curie



  • Marie Curie died of leukemia brought on by her prolonged exposure to radioactivity. The notebooks she used are still radioactive.
  • The element curium, discovered in 1944, was named in honor of Marie and her husband, Pierre.
  • Marie Curie was the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne in Paris, and the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize.
  • discovered the element, radium.
  • was a co-recipient of the Nobel prize in physics in 1903.
  • was the first women to be accepted into the Sorbonne University, in Paris.
  • won her second Nobel prize in chemistry in 1911.
  • was the first women to win 2 Nobel prizes.
  • was born on November 7, 1867.
  • died in 1934.
  • was the youngest of five children. She had 1 older brother and 3 older sisters.
  • discovered her 2nd element and named it polonium, after her birth country, Poland.
  • was 10 years old when her oldest sister died an 2 years later her mother also passed away.
  • father died in Warsaw.
  • notebooks are still radioactive.
  • favorite game was a game her family called block wars.
  • married Pierre Curie.
  • received a total of 19 degrees.

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