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Marie Curie

Marie Curie. By Ciara, Rebecca, Sam and Jacob . This is Marie Curie. Born: November 7 th 1867 Died: July 4 th 1934. Family. Marie had three sisters and one brother her sisters names were Zosia , Bronia and Helena and her brother’s name was Jozef . Her parents were school teachers.

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Marie Curie

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  1. Marie Curie By Ciara, Rebecca, Sam and Jacob.

  2. This is Marie Curie Born: November 7th 1867 Died: July 4th 1934

  3. Family • Marie had three sisters and one brother her sisters names were Zosia, Bronia and Helena and her brother’s name was Jozef. • Her parents were school teachers. • Marie Curie had two children named Éve and Iréne and her husband was Pierre Curie.

  4. This is a quote from Marie Curie “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood”

  5. Life • Although Marie and her brothers and sisters all graduated in high grades they had financial problems. • To help they kept student borders which helped disease spread. • Marie Sklodowska Curie became interested in science when her mother died after several cures for tuber cubsis. • After Marie's mother died Marie was encouraged to study science with some of her family.

  6. Discoveries • Marie Curie discovered radium and polonium with the help of her husband Pierre Curie. • She lead a team to help people with cancer by using radio activity. • She also helped soldiers that were injured with her daughter Irene. • She got two Nobel peace prizes.

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  8. Education • Marie Curie went to Sorbonne University where she met her husband . When she was in Sorbonne University she studied maths, physics and chemistry , and also got a masters degree in maths an d D.Sc. two years later in the same University.

  9. Other Achievements • Marie Curie found out that you can exactly measure the strength of the radiation from uranium. • She was awarded half of the prize Henri Becquerel received for his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity. • She was awarded the 1911 noble prize in chemistry for her discoveries and studies of radium. • She is the only woman so far who has been awarded a noble prize twice.

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