1. Marie Curie Biographical profile tells how curie's work paved the way for nuclear physics and cancer therapy.Category Kids and Teens School Time Scientists curie, marie...... any advances or loans, marie and Pierre curie refused to In 1903, marie defended herthesis Together with Becquerel, the curies were awarded the nobel Prize for http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/ENGLISH/SCIENCES/CURIE/marie.html

o the fatherland's great men, in gratitude." And so, in 1891, the shy Marya arrived in Paris. Ambitious and self-taught, she had but one obsession: to learn. She passed a physics degree with flying colours, and went on to sit a mathematics degree. It was then that a Polish friend introduced her to Pierre Curie, a young man, shy and introvert. In 1895, this free-thinker, acknowledged for his work on crystallography and magnetism, became her husband. One year previously, he had written to her saying how nice it would be "to spend life side by side, in the sway of our dreams: your patriotic dream, our humanitarian dream and our scientific dream." From the scientific dream... In their experiments, Pierre observed the properties of the radiation while Marie, for her part, purified the radioactive elements. Both shared the same, uncanny tenacity, which was all the more admirable given their deplorable living conditions. Their laboratory was nothing more than a miserable hangar, where in winter the temperature dropped to around six degrees. One chemist commented that "it looked more like a stable or a potato cellar".

2. Marie Curie Winner Of The 1911 Nobel Prize In Chemistry A nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, at the nobel Prize Internet Archive. http://almaz.com/nobel/chemistry/1911a.html

M ARIE C URIE 1911 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 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. Background Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland Maiden Name: Marie Sklodowska Residence: France Affiliation: Sorbonne University, Paris Book Store Books about Marie Curie Books about radiation Featured Internet Links Marie Curie's other Nobel Prize Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity Biographical sketch Her husband and fellow Nobel Laureate in Physics, Pierre Curie Her daughter and fellow Nobel Laureate, Irene Joliot-Curie Her son-in-law and fellow Nobel Laureate, Frederic Joliot-Curie Her son-in-law, the director of the Nobel Peace Prize Winning Institution UNICEF , Henry R. Labouisse was married to Eve Curie. Women Nobel Prize Laureates Search WWW Search The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Nobel News Links Ashes of Marie Curie enshrined First woman honored at memorial to France's 'Great Men' 'Marie Curie': A Life Sparked by Discovery and Despair Links added by Nobel Internet Archive visitors Maria Sklodowska-Curie (submitted by Zbigniew Zwolinski Contributions of Women to Physics,

3. 1995 L'année Pasteur Translate this page En 1903, marie soutient sa thèse. En commun avec Becquerel, les curie reçoiventle prix nobel de physique pour leur découverte de la radioactivité naturelle http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/FRANCE/SCIENCES/CURIE/marie.html

dira un chimiste. Pourtant, avoue Marie : Florence Raynal Un institut rayonnant Label France, le magazine

4. Marie Curie - Biography polonium, named after the country of marie's birth, and curie's work is reflectedin the numerous awards bestowed she was awarded half of the nobel Prize for http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1911/marie-curie-bio.html

Marie Curie 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. The discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel in 1896 inspired the Curies in their brilliant researches and analyses which led to the isolation of polonium, named after the country of Marie's birth, and radium. Mme. Curie developed methods for the separation of radium from radioactive residues in sufficient quantities to allow for its characterization and the careful study of its properties, therapeutic properties in particular. Mme. Curie, quiet, dignified and unassuming, was held in high esteem and admiration by scientists throughout the world. She was a member of the Conseil du Physique Solvay from 1911 until her death and since 1922 she had been a member of the Committee of Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations. Her work is recorded in numerous papers in scientific journals and she is the author of Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives (Investigations on radioactive substances) (1904)

5. Chemistry 1911 (18671934) 1911 nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of radium. First person to win two nobel prizes. France, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1911/index.html

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" Marie Curie, née Sklodowska France Sorbonne University Paris, France b. 1867 (in Warsaw, Poland) d. 1934 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 Presentation Speech Marie Curie Biography ... Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 The 1911 Prize in: Physics Chemistry Physiology or Medicine Literature ... Peace Find a Laureate: Last modified June 16, 2000 The Official Web Site of The Nobel Foundation

6. Chemistry 1911 1911 nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation Category Science Chemistry nobel Laureates curie, marie......The nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911. marie curie, née Sklodowska. France.Sorbonne University Paris, France. b. 1867 (in Warsaw, Poland) d. 1934. http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1911/

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" Marie Curie, née Sklodowska France Sorbonne University Paris, France b. 1867 (in Warsaw, Poland) d. 1934 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 Presentation Speech Marie Curie Biography ... Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 The 1911 Prize in: Physics Chemistry Physiology or Medicine Literature ... Peace Find a Laureate: Last modified June 16, 2000 The Official Web Site of The Nobel Foundation

7. Female Nobel Prize Laureates In 1903, only two years after the nobel Foundation was established, the first nobel Prize was awarded to a woman, marie curie. Women have been winning nobel Prizes ever since. Bertha von Suttner was influential in convincing Alfred nobel to set aside a Prize for peace. http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html

Female Nobel Prize Laureates brought to you by The Nobel Prize Internet Archive In 1903, only two years after the Nobel Foundation was established, a Nobel Prize was awarded to a woman, Marie Curie , for the first time. Women have been winning Nobel Prizes ever since. In fact, one woman, Bertha von Suttner was influential in convincing Alfred Nobel to set aside a Prize for peace. Women have won Prizes in all categories with the exception of Economics (which was established in 1968 and first awarded in 1969). Physics: Marie Sklodowska Curie Maria Goeppert Mayer Chemistry: ... Wislawa Szymborska For more information about female scientists in general and Nobel Prize-winning women in particular, we recommend the following books from our Book Stacks. Book Store General Overview Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries , by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, is the first book to examine the lives and accomplishments of women who have received the Nobel Prize, as well as those those who contributed to prize-winning projects. Women's Science : Learning and Succeeding from the Margins by Margaret A. Eisenhart, Elizabeth Finkel

8. Essay About Marie And Pierre Curie Detailed biographies of the husbandwife team known for their pioneering research in the field of radiology. http://www.nobel.se/physics/articles/curie/index.html

Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium First published December 1, 1996 Introduction It was François Mitterrand who, before ending his fourteen-year-long presidency, took this initiative, as he said "in order to finally respect the equality of women and men before the law and in reality" ("pour respecter enfin....l'égalité des femmes et des hommes dans le droit comme dans les faits"). In point of fact - as the press pointed out - this initiative was symbolic three times over. Marie Curie was a woman, she was an immigrant and she had to a high degree helped increase the prestige of France in the scientific world. At the end of the 19th century, a number of discoveries were made in physics which paved the way for the breakthrough of modern physics and led to the revolutionary technical development that is continually changing our daily lives. Around 1886, Heinrich Hertz demonstrated experimentally the existence of radio waves. It is said that Hertz only smiled incredulously when anyone predicted that his waves would one day be sent round the earth. Hertz died in 1894 at the early age of 37. In September 1895

9. Marie Curie Winner Of The 1903 Nobel Prize In Physics marie curie, a nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, at the nobel PrizeInternet Archive. marie curie. 1903 nobel Laureate in Physics http://almaz.com/nobel/physics/1903c.html

M ARIE C URIE 1903 Nobel Laureate in Physics in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel. Background Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland Residence: France Maiden Name: Marie Sklodowska Book Store Books about Marie Curie Books about radiation Featured Internet Links Prize co-recipient: Pierre Curie Marie Curie's other Nobel Prize Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity The Curies: The Very Model of Modern Spousal Collaboration ... Women Nobel Prize Laureates Her daughter and fellow Nobel Laureate, Irene Joliot-Curie Her son-in-law and fellow Nobel Laureate, Frederic Joliot-Curie Her son-in-law, the director of the Nobel Peace Prize Winning Institution UNICEF , Henry R. Labouisse was married to Eve Curie. Search WWW Search The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Nobel News Links Ashes of Marie Curie enshrined First woman honored at memorial to France's 'Great Men' 'Marie Curie': A Life Sparked by Discovery and Despair Links added by Nobel Internet Archive visitors Maria Sklodowska-Curie (submitted by Zbigniew Zwolinski Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium Contributions of Women to Physics,

10. 1995 L'année Pasteur Pionera del premio nobel en el Pante³n de los hombres ilustres. http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/ESPANOL/SCIENCES/CURIE/marie.html

a patria, en reconocimiento a los grandes hombres". Hasta el 21 de abril de 1995, había que tomar al pie de la letra la famosa inscripción que luce el frontón del Panteón. La cripta donde reposan algunos de los personajes que han marcado el destino de la nación, no albergaba, efectivamente, a ninguna mujer, al menos, por propios méritos*. Un error que el presidente François Mitterrand quiso reparar trasladando los restos de la física y química Marie Curie y los de su esposo. Pero además de conferir al vocablo "hombres" el valor de "seres humanos", este gesto ha permitido a la patria rendir honores, por su contribución al prestigio de la investigación científica francesa, a una extranjera. "que sería pasar la vida el uno junto al otro, hipnotizados con nuestros sueños: tu sueño patriótico, nuestro sueño humanista y nuestro sueño científico". "Hacía pensar a un establo o a un almacén de patatas"

11. Marie Sklodowska Curie | Physicist husband Pierre, was awarded a 1903 nobel Prize for discovering radium. Library Binding.Click here to purchase the hardcover edition of marie curie and the http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/lucidcafe/library/95nov/curie.html

Resources Menu Categorical Index Library Gallery Marie Sklodowska Curie Physicist You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our 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. Maria Sklodowska (sklaw DAWF skah) was born November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She would become famous for her research into radioactivity, and was the first woman to win a Nobel prize. Marie Curie grew up in a family that valued education. As a young woman she went to Paris to study mathematics, chemistry and physics. She began studying at the Sorbonne in 1891, and was the first woman to teach there. She adopted the French spelling of her name (Marie) and also met Pierre Curie, who taught physics at University of Paris. Marie and Pierre soon married, and teamed up to conduct research on radioactive substances. They found that the uranium ore, or pitchblende, contained much more radioactivity than could be explained solely by the uranium content. The Curie's began a search for the source of the radioactivity and discovered two highly radioactive elements, "radium" and "polonium." The Curie's won the

12. Science In Poland - Maria Sklodowska-Curie Polish physicist and chemist, winner of two nobel Prizes, pioneer in study of radioactivity.Category Science Chemistry nobel Laureates curie, marie...... du Radium, Paris marie curieSklodowska (1867-1934) from Centre de Calcul Rechercheet Réseau Jussieu marie curie - The nobel Prize in Physics 1903 from The http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/sci/msc.htm

Maria Sklodowska-Curie Deutsch Version Maria (Marie Fr. ) Sklodowska-Curie (born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867) was one of the first woman scientists to win worldwide fame, and indeed, one of the great scientists of this century. She had degrees in mathematics and physics. Winner of two Nobel Prizes, for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911, she performed pioneering studies with radium and polonium and contributed profoundly to the understanding of radioactivity. Perhaps the most famous of all women scientists, Maria Sklodowska-Curie is notable for her many firsts She was the first to use the term radioactivity for this phenomenon. 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. The award, jointly awarded to Curie, her husband Pierre, and Henri Becquerel, was for the discovery of radioactivity. She was also the first female lecturer, professor and head of Laboratory at the Sorbonne University in Paris (1906). In 1911, she won an unprecedented second Nobel Prize (this time in chemistry) for her discovery and isolation of pure radium and radium components. She was the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes.

13. Curie, Marie (1867-1934) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biography sonin-law Frédéric Joliot-curie won nobel Prizes, as did her neighbor and closefriend Perrin. As a gift for her scientific discoveries, marie was presented http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/CurieMarie.html

Branch of Science Chemists Branch of Science Physicists ... Physics Prize Curie, Marie (1867-1934) Polish maiden name: Maria Sklodowska. Polish-French chemist who gave the name "radioactivity" to the emission of radiation from atoms. Working with her husband, Pierre , she showed thorium, as well as uranium to be radioactive, and demonstrated that the radioactivity of a substance was proportional to the quantity of radioactive material present. Noticing that the radioactivity in some samples was too high to explain by any concentration of uranium, she set out to isolate the source of the radioactivity. In 1898, she discovered polonium in pitchblende. The radioactivity was not strong enough to explain the observations, however, so further investigations were carried out. Later that year, Marie discovered a trace amount of highly radioactive radium. During the course of four years, the Curies refined eight tons of raw ore to produce one gram of radium. Marie shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel for the investigation of radioactivity. She also received the 1911 Nobel Prize in chemistry for her discovery of two new elements, which she had to accept alone because her husband had been killed in a traffic accident. This makes Madame Curie one of only four people to have received two Nobel Prizes:

14. Physics 1903 (18521908) nobel for the discovery of radioactivity in 1896, shared with Pierre curie and marie curie. France, ‰cole Polytechnique, Paris, France. http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1903/index.html

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity" "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel" Antoine Henri Becquerel Pierre Curie Marie Curie, née Sklodowska 1/2 of the prize 1/4 of the prize 1/4 of the prize France France France École Polytechnique Paris, France École municipale de physique et de chimie industrielles (Municipal School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry) Paris, France b. 1852 d. 1908 b. 1859 d. 1906 b. 1867 (in Warsaw, Poland) d. 1934 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 Presentation Speech Henri Becquerel Biography ... Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 The 1903 Prize in: Physics Chemistry Physiology or Medicine Literature ... Peace Find a Laureate: Last modified June 16, 2000 The Official Web Site of The Nobel Foundation

15. MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE marie curie JOINS THE WAR EFFORT. 1 January, 1915 nobel laureate, marie curie,is using her expertise in science to aid the war efforts in France. http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/chemistry/institutes/1992/MarieCurie.html

MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE: Her Life as a Media Compendium The following is an account of the life Marie Sklodowska Curie presented as a series of simulated news articles that might have been written during her life time. THE WARSAW TIMES BIRTHS: Maria Sklodowska born, Warsaw, Poland, 7 November, 1867; parents, Wladyslaw and Bronislawa Boguska Sklodowska OBITUARIES: Sophie Sklodowska Sophie Skolodowska (1863), eldest daughter of Professor Wladyslaw and Madame Bronislawa Sklodowska died in January,1876 of typhus. She is survived by her parents, three sisters, Bronia, Hela, Maria and one brother Joseph. Bronislawa Skolodowska Bronislaw Skodowska, nee Boguska, succumbed to tuberculosis after a long illness on 9 May,1878. During her lifetime she successfully managed a private boarding school for girls. She is survived by her husband Wladyslaw Sklodowska and her three daughters, Bronia, Hela and Maria and one son, Joseph. LOCAL GIRL GRADUATES WITH TOP HONORS Maria Sklodowska crowned her brilliant high school career by graduating first in her class of 1883. She was awarded a gold medal for her outstanding achievements. Maria continues the family tradition of academic excellence. She is the fourth Sklodowska child to receive this great distinction. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: Help Wanted: (Maria's First Position) Governess, teacher, disciplinarian, bilinguist for two young girls; position open on 1 January, 1886. Inquire: M. Zorawski, Czartoryski Estate, Szezuki, Plock district, Poland.

16. Curie, Marie On the results of this research marie curie received her doctorate of science inJune Also in 1903 they shared with Becquerel the nobel Prize for Physics for http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/154_32.html

Curie, Marie, Marie Curie The Granger Collection, New York City MARIA SKLODOWSKA (b. Nov. 7, 1867, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empired. July 4, 1934, near Sallanches, Fr.), Polish-born French physicist famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. With Henri Becquerel and her husband, Pierre Curie , she was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics . She was then sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry licence of physical sciences in 1893. She began to work in Lippmann's research laboratory and in 1894 was placed second in the licence of mathematical sciences. It was in the spring of this year that she met Pierre Curie. Their marriage (July 25, 1895) marked the start of a partnership that was soon to achieve results of world significance, in particular the discovery of polonium (so called by Marie in honour of her native land) in the summer of 1898, and that of radium a few months later. Following Henri Becquerel's discovery (1896) of a new phenomenon (which she later called "radioactivity"), Marie Curie, looking for a subject for a thesis, decided to find out if the property discovered in uranium was to be found in other matter. She discovered that this was true for thorium at the same time as G.C. Schmidt did. Turning to minerals, her attention was drawn to pitchblende, a mineral whose activity, superior to that of pure uranium, could only be explained by the presence in the ore of small quantities of an unknown substance of very high activity. Pierre Curie then joined her in the work that she had undertaken to resolve this problem and that led to the discovery of the new elements, polonium and radium. While Pierre Curie devoted himself chiefly to the physical study of the new radiations, Marie Curie struggled to obtain pure radium in the metallic stateachieved with the help of the chemist A. Debierne, one of Pierre Curie's pupils. On the results of this research Marie Curie received her doctorate of science in June 1903 and, with Pierre, was awarded the Davy Medal of the Royal Society. Also in 1903 they shared with Becquerel the Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of radioactivity.

17. Marie Curie - Biography Short profile from the foundation that awards the nobel Prize. http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-bio.html

Marie Curie 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. The discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel in 1896 inspired the Curies in their brilliant researches and analyses which led to the isolation of polonium, named after the country of Marie's birth, and radium. Mme. Curie developed methods for the separation of radium from radioactive residues in sufficient quantities to allow for its characterization and the careful study of its properties, therapeutic properties in particular. Mme. Curie throughout her life actively promoted the use of radium to alleviate suffering and during World War I, assisted by her daughter, Irene, she personally devoted herself to this remedial work. She retained her enthusiasm for science throughout her life and did much to establish a radioactivity laboratory in her native city - in 1929 President Hoover of the United States presented her with a gift of $ 50,000, donated by American friends of science, to purchase radium for use in the laboratory in Warsaw. Mme. Curie, quiet, dignified and unassuming, was held in high esteem and admiration by scientists throughout the world. She was a member of the Conseil du Physique Solvay from 1911 until her death and since 1922 she had been a member of the Committee of Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations. Her work is recorded in numerous papers in scientific journals and she is the author of

18. Curie, Marie -- Encyclopædia Britannica Online Article marie curie marie curie The Granger Collection, New York City. born French physicistfamous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the nobel Prize. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=28703

19. Curie, Marie curie, marie. She won the nobel prize twice, first in 1903 (jointly with her husband,and with Henri Becquerel) for the discovery of radium and polonium, and http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/CURIE.html

Curie, Marie chemist (1867-1934) Born in Poland as Manya Sklodowska, she is famous for her work on radioactivity. In fact, she and her husband, Pierre, first coined that word. She won the Nobel prize twice, first in 1903 (jointly with her husband, and with Henri Becquerel) for the discovery of radium and polonium, and again (by herself) in 1911 for the isolation of pure radium. The American Association of University Women provides this information on Mme Curie's research. "The year was 1919. Europe had been ravaged by World War I. And radium was far too expensive for a scientist of modest means to afford for experiments. Even one as famous as Madame Marie Curie. As a result, Madame Curie's ground-breaking research had reached a virtual standstill..." AAUW members from Maine to California helped raise an astonishing $156,413, enabling Madame Curie to purchase one gram of radium and continue her experiments. Experiments that helped her create the field of nuclear chemistry and forever change the course of science." We find these three quotes attributed to her Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

20. Inventor Marie Curie elements. marie curie was the first female recipient of a nobel Prize,it was the first time a woman had ever won a nobel. In 1911 http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/curie.htm

Marie Curie Fascinating facts about Marie Curie who pioneered the study of radioactivity in 1903. Marie Curie (1867 ~ 1934) d Marie Sklodowska, as she was called before marriage, was born in Warsaw in 1867. Both her parents were teachers who believed deeply in the importance of education. Marie had her first lessons in physics and chemistry from her father. She had a brilliant aptitude for study and a great thirst for knowledge; however, advanced study was not possible for women in Poland. Marie dreamed of being able to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, but this was beyond the means of her family. To solve the problem, Marie and her elder sister, Bronya, came to an arrangement: Marie should go to work as a governess and help her sister with the money she managed to save so that Bronya could study medicine at the Sorbonne. When Bronya had taken her degree she, in her turn, would contribute to the cost of Marie's studies. So it was not until she was 24 that Marie came to Paris to study mathematics and physics. Bronya was now married to a doctor of Polish origin, and it was at Bronya's urgent invitation to come and live with them that Marie took the step of leaving for Paris. By then she had been away from her studies for six years, nor had she had any training in understanding rapidly spoken French. But her keen interest in studying and her joy at being at the Sorbonne with all its opportunities helped her surmount all difficulties. To save herself a two-hours' journey, she rented a little attic in the Quartier Latin. There the cold was so intense that at night she had to pile on everything she had in the way of clothing so as to be able to sleep.

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