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Marie Curie

By: Kennedy McAuliffe

What Did She Invent?

What did Marie Curie invent? Marie Curie discovered radioactivity, and, together with her husband Pierre, the radioactive elements polonium and radium, while working with the mineral pitchblende. We use what she discovered in x-rays.

What Did she invent?

Date Of Birth

Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867. Born in Warsaw, Poland. She died on July 4, 1934 at the age of 66. Caused from aplastic anemia. Aplastic anemia is a rare blood disease.

Date Of Birth

Childhood

Childhood

Marie Curie's birth name was Maria Skldowska, but her family called her Manya. Also, both of her parents were teachers. Her dad taught math and physics and her mom was headmistress at a girl's school. Marie was the youngest out of five children. Furthermore, she went to school at the Uinversity of Paris. She went there through 1891-1893 and 1894-1903

Famous Quotes

"Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood."

FamousQuotes

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."

"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."

" Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it."

Fun Facts!!

Marie Curie spoke two languages, Polish and French.

She attended the "Flying University" wich was an underground educational enterprise which operated from 1885-1905.

Fun Facts!!

Her daughter also got the Nobel Prize like Marie.

At the age of 14 she left Poland and moved to France.

Awards Of Marie Curie

Madame Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. Also, she was the first person and only woman to win it twice. Furthermore, she was the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different sciences. She also won the Elliott Cresson Medal, Willard Gibbs Award, Davy Medal, Benjamin Franklen Medal, Matteucci Medal, and the John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium.

Awards Of Marie Curie

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