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Marie Curie Biography

Marie Curie aka Marie Sklodowska
Marie Curie
Marie Sklodowska
Born: 1867-11-07
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: 1934-07-04
Location of Death: Sancellemoz, France
Cause of Death: Cancer - Leukemia

Race: White
Religion: Agnostic
Field: Chemist
Famous for: Early nuclear chemist
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Field: Chemist

Maria Sklodowska-Curie was a pioneer in the early field of radiation.

Born in Warsaw, Poland, she moved to Paris and studied chemistry and physics at the Sorbonne, where she became the first woman to teach there. At the Sorbonne she met another instructor, Pierre Curie and married him; together they studied radioactive materials: specifically the uranium ore pitchblende, which had the curious property of being more radioactive than the uranium extracted from it. The logical explanation of this was that the pitchblende contained traces of some unknown radioactive component that was far more radioactive than uranium. Over several years of unceasing labour they refined several tons of pitchblende, progressively concentrating the radioactive components, and eventually isolated two new chemical elements. The first they named polonium after Marie's native country, and the other was named radium from its intense radioactivity.

Together with Pierre, she was the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903: "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel".

Eight years later, she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1911 "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element". In an unusual move, Curie intentionally did not patent the radium isolation process, instead leaving it open so the scientific community could research unhindered.

She was the first person to win or share two Nobel Prizes. She is one of only two people who has been awarded a Nobel Prize in two different fields, the other being Linus Pauling.

Her death near Sallanches, France in 1934 was from leukemia, almost certainly due to her massive exposure to radiation in her work.

Also her eldest daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, won a Nobel Prize for Chemistry - in 1935, the year after Marie Curie's death.

In 1995, Mme. Curie was the first woman laid to rest under the famous dome of The Panthéon in Paris on her own merits.

During a period of hyperinflation in the 1990s, she was on the Polish 20000-zloty banknote.

There is a biographical film about her.

Marie Curie Famous Quote

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
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Oatlands School pupils get hands dirty for Marie Curie
Elmbridge Guardian
Oatlands School children were among 350000 kids nationally to take part in Marie Curie Cancer Care's mini-pots of care scheme. The activity at the school in ...
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Children raise money for Marie Curie
Belfast Telegraph
School children from across Belfast and further afield will be busy developing green fingers for Marie Curie Cancer Care this winter. ...
Carryduff residents support Marie Curie Cancer CareNorthe...


Place your memorial star message
Yellow Advertiser
SHINE: Marie Curie Cancer Care staff and residents with their memorial stars. Picture by Martin Dalton By Matthew Stanton MEMORIAL stars can be placed on a ...
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Linda's Christmas cards thank you to Marie Curie
The Bolton News
LINDA Trengove knows just how important the work of Bolton's Marie Curie Nurses can be. Her husband, David, who died 10 years ago today, was cared for by ...



Renowned choir on hunt for singers
Esk Valley Today
Their latest fund-raiser was a week last Saturday when they performed at a concert at Sneaton Castle in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. ...



Marie Curie Cofund call for proposals launched
Cordis News
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research is calling for proposals under the Marie Curie Cofund ('Co-funding of regional, national and ...



Cellix is Successful Grant Recipient of FP7 Marie Curie Industry Academia Grant
Newswire Today (press release)
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Dublin, Ireland, 11/18/2009 - The European Commission recently awarded an FP7 Marie Curie Industry Academia P...


Remember a loved one
Scarborough Today
The service, which has been organised by the local branch of Marie Curie Cancer Care, is being held at Westborough Methodist Church on Sunday at 3pm. ...
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Tradeteam helps Marie Curie Cancer Care with annual ladies' driving challenge ...
PRLog.Org (press release)
PRLog (Press Release) ? Nov 13, 2009 ? The UK's leading drinks logistics provider Tradeteam has teamed up with Marie Curie Cancer Care to hel...


Knowledge Management course
Cordis News
... of Goettingen as partner and funded by the European Commission under the FP7 - Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnership and Pathways Scheme (IAPP). ...




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