TimeLine Marie Curie by Emanuel

Born and Childhood

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November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Poland

  Marie had two significant losses in her childhood: her sister died of typhus and her mother of tuberculosis. Despite facing a depressive condition, she was encouraged by her father to dedicate herself to her studies, graduating at age 15 and standing out in her class.

Education and career

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 He placed first in the examination for the master's degree in Physics and, the following year, came second in the master's in Mathematics. In 1895, he was preparing his doctoral thesis when he met Pierre Curie, who was working on electrical and magnetic research. They got married and developed a career together.

discoveries

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  Marie Curie discovered radioactivity, as Becquerel did not continue his studies with uranium. Marie and Pierre Curie continued to look for other minerals in nature that might also have radioactive activity.
  In the year 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie present to the scientific world the discovery of two new chemical elements, polonium and radium.

Awards

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Nobel Prize in Physics 1903
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911
John Scott Medal 1921
Actonian Prize 1907
Davy Medal 1903
Matteucci Medal 1904
Albert Medal 1910
Elliott Cresson Medal 1909
Willard Gibbs Awar 1921
Benjamin Franklin Medal 1921

Death.

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 Unfortunately, the dangers of handling radioactive materials were unknown to Marie Curie and her husband. Thus, in 1934, at the age of 66, the scientist died of leukemia.
 Even today, his notes remain contaminated by radiation and can only be manipulated with protection.