marie curie

     

Denied a college education in her own country, in 1903 she became the first woman in France to earn her doctorate

Trivia about marie curie

  • On the front lines during WWI, she drove ambulances that she had helped equip with x-ray machines
  • In 1902 she & her husband isolated pure radium chloride
  • Her daughter Irene also received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Like this madame, her famous grandmother, Helene Langevin-Joliot is a physicist
  • In 1893 she earned a physics degree from the Sorbonne, ranking first in her class
  • This chemist was born Marie Sklodowska in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland
  • Sadly, both she & her daughter Irene, also a scientist, died of leukemia caused by radiation
  • In 1898 this "radiant" physicist invented a method of extracting radioactive material from ore
  • She named Polonium & had an element named after her & her husband
  • Her second Nobel Prize, awarded in 1911, was for her work in chemistry
  • In 1906 she succeeded her husband as professor of physics at the Sorbonne
  • Sadly, both she & her daughter Irene died of leukemia caused by overexposure to radiation
  • "Obsessive Genius" explores "the inner world of" this female scientist who died of the effects of radiation
  • As a student in Paris, this Polish-born woman lived on bread & tea but graduated first in her class in physics
  • In 1929 President Hoover presented her with a $50,000 check to purchase a gram of radium for a lab in Warsaw
  • Like mother, like daughter: her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie also won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • The celebratory year 2011 marks 100 years since this radiant scientist's Nobel Prize for Chemistry
  • In 1914 she became head of the Paris Institute of Radium
  • In 1891 she moved from Poland to Paris, where she studied math & physics at the Sorbonne
  • The first woman to teach at the Sorbonne, she published a treatise on radioactivity in 1910
  • 2-time Nobel Prize winner who was born in Warsaw in 1867 & died in France in 1934
  • Sadly, she died in 1934, just a year before daughter Irene won a Nobel Prize for chemistry
  • This scientist was born in 1867 in Poland with the name Marja Sklodowska
  • This scientist is the only woman to be a Nobel Prize winner as well as the mother of a Nobel Prize winner
  • Mother to Eve & the Nobel Prize-winning Irene: MC
  • On May 20, 1921 President Harding presented to this woman a capsule of radium with a street value of $100,000
  • Winning for Physics & Chemistry, this Polish woman is one of the 2 Nobel Laureates in 2 different fields

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  • 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.- Marie Curie
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  • RT @ASUResearch: Congratulations to @ASUMathematics prof. Vladislav Vysotsky for earning the international Marie Curie fellowship!
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  • No hay que temer a nada en la vida, sólo tratar de comprender. (Marie Curie)
  • Marie Curie is, of all celebrated beings, the only one whom fame has not corrupted. - Albert Einstein
  • Marie Curie foi a única mulher a ganhar dois prêmios Nobel <3
  • RT @Quimiamb: Química, Meio Ambiente e Edificações: Marie Curie
  • RT @bdfactsguy: We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained: Marie Curie -#Tru
  • We sat down with @mariecurieUK to discover how social media empowers the nonprofit space:
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  • "Me enseñaron que el camino del progreso no es ni rápido ni fácil". Marie Curie.
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  • "I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy." —Marie Curie #CrossFit
  • "Kebenaran itu seperti matahari. Anda bisa mencegahnya dalam waktu tertentu, tapi dia tidak akan pernah pergi menjauh." (Marie Curie)
  • En la vida, no hay nada que temer, solo hay que comprender. (Marie Curie)
  • La vida no es fácil para nadie. ¿Y qué? Debemos tener perseverancia y sobre todo confianza en nosotros. (Marie Curie)
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  • "La mejor vida no es la más larga, sino la más rica en buenas acciones" Marie Curie
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  • RT @OfficialBedale: Le Cafe Jaune raised £535 for Marie Curie Cancer Care at Tourfest today.
  • Le Cafe Jaune raised £535 for Marie Curie Cancer Care at Tourfest today.
  • "I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy." - Marie Curie
  • RT @rtve: En 1934 fallecía la ganadora de dos Premios Nobel, Marie Curie. Ella protagoniza hoy nuestra #Citanmina
  • RT @CarmeFenoll: Avui fa 80 anys moria Marie Curie. No us perdeu el reportatge de @CelesteLopezP a LV ni el llibre de @brunahusky:
  • Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.-Marie Curie
  • RT @mariecurieuk: Meet the #TDF2014 #PowerPeloton, riding Stage 1 from #Leeds to #Harrogate raising money for Marie Curie. Thank you! http:…
  • Head of Corporate Partnerships - London - MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE
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  • TODA UNA MUJER. Marie Curie, más allá de la ciencia | Celeste López |: vía @LaVanguardia
  • Feeling proud after watching my man cycle thro the crowds on stage 1 of the tdf with the marie curie power peleton # buzzing
  • @ChrisHallbeck First female superhero was a forty foot tall radioactive Marie Curie. No wait that was a Simpsons episode.
  • RT @fineanddandyone: Nearly a month till my Tea Party for Marie Curie. Bring N Buy, Raffle, prize for the best hat. Hope to see some... h…
  • Nearly a month till my Tea Party for Marie Curie. Bring N Buy, Raffle, prize for the best hat. Hope to see some...
  • Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. -Marie Curie
  • “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.” ― Marie Curie
  • £386 raised by Ange and her fab Marie curie army !!!!!!!
  • 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 Madame Marie Curie
  • Marie Curie~ All my life through the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.
  • The Vermonts in @HellBunny entertaining at Marie Curie Cancer Care's 'Walk Ten' at Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire.
  • @mariecurieuk We loved performing for all the walkers at Chatsworth, Derbyshire. Walk Ten - Marie Curie East Midlands
  • 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. Marie Curie
  • The Vermonts on the main stage last night at Marie Curie Cancer Care 'Walk Ten' Chatsworth
  • RT @PGMSouthWales: Fab garden party with brethren of Emerald Lodge,all for Marie Curie and 2021 Festival