One of the Leaders of Science
Marie Curie By: Lisa
Table of Contents
- Introduction - The founder of radioactivity - What radioactivity is used for - How important Marie Curie was - History of Marie Curie - Glossary - About the author
Introduction Marie Curie lead scientists to discover lots and lots of scientific facts. Marie Curie was a warm hearted person who helped people achieve their dreams. She was also very smart, but she didn’t earn two Nobel prizes by herself, there were lots of people who helped her. She had a hard past but she never gave up and tried her best to help make our lives easier.
The Discoverer of Radioactivity The founder of Radioactivity is Marie Curie. She was born Maria Salomea Sklodowska on November 7th 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. Her father was an science teacher. She was always the best at school and when she was older she earned a gold medal for completing Russian Lycee because there were forced to learn Russian when the Russian Empire was ruling Warsaw, Poland. Marie graduated from college at age fifteen she wanted to go to a University to study physics and math, but her father lost his money by bad business. Marie didn’t give up her dream to go to college, her sister Bronislawa also wanted to go to a college so Marie worked hard and saved money for her sister to go to an college in France then she saved money for herself to go to a college called the Sorbonne University. In France her sister let her live in her house with her husband. After she graduated from college she married to Pierre Curie who is also an scientist. Marie started doing investigations on Uranium, she soon (with the help of her husband) discovered Radioactivity. On 1903 she won the Nobel prize with her husband and Henry Becquerel for the radioactivity. On 1906 Marie became the first women professor at the Sorbonne University because her husband died a sudden death so she replaced his job. But she still didn’t give up she was a professor and she also studied about Pure Radium. On 1911 she won a Noble Prize for Pure Radium. During World War I Marie Curie helped build a car which carried equipments for X-rays for doctors to see the soldiers who fought in the World War I. She died on July 4th 1934. She died of leukemia a type of cancer that was caused by the Radioactivity but her daughter Irene and her husband carried Marie’s work and they won a Nobel Prize on 1935. Her other daughter Eve Curie wrote a biography about her mother that was made into a movie after she wrote the book.
What Radioactivity is Used for Radioactivity is used in lots of things, these are some things radioactivity is used for/ -X-rays -Ct-scans -Microwaves -Lasers -Light bulbs
-Computer screens -Remote controls That is why when we take an x-ray, we wear something heavy that is for protecting your body from radiation. Radioactivity is not really good for you so we wear clothes to protect your body. If you think its too heavy and want to take it off you might want to think twice. But that doesn’t mean that everything that includes radioactivity is bad. Some are just normal things you have at home.
Why is Marie Curie Famous?
Marie Curie is famous because she made our life easier in many ways. She was the first woman to be a professor at the Sorbonne University in France. She also won two Nobel Prizes. One with Henri Becquerel and Pierre Currie (her husband) for Uranium and one by herself for Pure Radium. Not only that she also helped build cars in the World War I. So she helped lots of people.
Marie Curie, Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel won the Nobel Prize in 1903. Marie Curie again won the Nobel Prize in 1911
History of Marie Curie 1891- Arrived to France to attend a college called Sorbonne University at the same time she changed her name to Marie from Maria. 1894 - Marie graduated from college and earned a degree in physics. At the same time she met Pierre Curie. He was also a scientist, and the two of them fell in love. 1895 - Marie married Pierre. Marie decided to do experiments with her husband. 1903- The Curies and another scientist called Henri Becquerel ( The founder of Uranium) won the Nobel Prize. 1906-Marie became the first women professor at the Sorbonne University. 1911- Marie won the the Nobel prize for Chemistry for finding out about the Pure Radian. 1914- During the World War I Marie helped build a car to carry equipment for x-rays for doctors to help the soldiers.
After the war, Marie continued to study about radioactivity. Her study became an important center for science in France, but she didn’t know that radioactivity can make her ill. She died of a type of a cancer that is caused by radioactivity. Marie died on July 4th 1934 but she will always be an inspiration for scientists.
If you have something you can’t do, you should think of Marie Curie. She won two Nobel prizes because she never gave up.
C Cancer- A type of sickness that can kill someone. Chemistry- A type of Science that is used in everyday life.
N Nobel Prize- An award for the best scientific or educational thing someone discovered or invented by a person.
P Pure Radium- A rare radioactive made of metal.
S Sorbonne University- A University in France
U Uranium- Radioactive metal used as a fuel in nuclear reactors
W World War I- The first World War
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About the Author My name is Lisa. I have a lovely family and I have lots of hobbies. I chose this topic because I think Marie Curie is an important person in our life who made our life really easy. So I wrote this book for people to know that Marie Curie was one of the important person in our life.