MARIE CURIE

Designed by Merab Papava

Grade – 10
2016 year
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 Synopsis
 Born Maria Sklodowska on
November 7, 1867, in Warsaw,
Poland, Marie Curie became the first
woman to win a Nobel Prize and the
only woman to win the award in two
different fields (physics and
chemistry). Curie's efforts, with her
husband Pierre Curie, led to the
discovery of polonium and radium
and, after Pierre's death, the further
development of X-rays. She died on
July 4, 1934.
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 Early Life
 Her parents were both teachers,
and she was the youngest of five
children, following siblings
Zosia, Józef, Bronya and Hela.
As a child Curie took after her
father, Wladyslaw, a math and
physics instructor. She had a
bright and curious mind and
excelled at school. But tragedy
struck early, and when she was
only 10, Curie lost her
mother, Bronislawa, to
tuberculosis.
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MARIE CURIE’S
CHILDHOOD
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 She was also the first woman

to become a professor at the
University of Paris, and in
1995 became the first woman
to be entombed on her own
merits in the Panthéon in
Paris.
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 PIERRE CURIE WAS

MARRIED WITH
MARIE IN 1895 26 JULY
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 On 26 July 1895 Pierre and

Marie had a civil wedding
ceremony in Sceaux. Instead of
a bridal gown, Marie chose a
dark blue dress. She explained:
“I have no dress except the one
I wear every day. If you are
going to be kind enough to give
me one, please let it be
practical and dark so that I can
put it on afterwards to go to the
laboratory.” For their
honeymoon, the Curies took a
bicycle tour around the French
countryside.
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 Pierre and Marie had two

daughters, Irene and Eve. In
1903, the couple won the Noble
Prize for physics, along with
Henri Becquerel, for their joint
research on radiation. At first,
Marie was not included in the
nomination. But when Pierre
found out he complained and
Marie’s name was added,
making her the first woman to
be awarded a Nobel Prize. 
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 On 19 April 1906 tragedy

struck the family when Pierre
was killed. He was hit by a
horse-drawn vehicle and fell
under the wheels. Marie was
devastated but determined to
honour him in any way she
could. 
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
On 13 May, she succeeded
him in his Chair as a
Professor at the Sorbonne.
She went on to create a
world-class laboratory as
a tribute to her late
husband and became the
first woman professor at
the University. 
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 RADIUM…
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 HER NOBEL’S PRIZES

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 MARIE CURIE WAS

FIRST WOMAN IN :
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