1. MARIE CURIE

2. MARIE CURIE WAS BORN IN
WARSAW (POLAND) IN NOVEMBER
1867, AND SHE DIED ON JULY4, 1934

3. MARIE’S
COMPETENCES
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SHE COMPLETED HER MASTER’S DEGREE IN PHYSICS IN 1893 AND
EARNE ANOTHER DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
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SHE WAS TOLD TO INVESTIGATE ABOUT STEELAND THEIR
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MAGNETIC PROPERTIES.
SHE NEEDED A LAB TO WORK, A COLLEGUE INTRODUCED HER
TO PIERRE CURIE. THEY GOT MARRIED, AND THEY WORKED
TOGETHER EVER SINCE

4. DISCOVERIES
• SHE INVESTIGATED ABOUT UNRANIUM
• SHE DISCOVERED THAT RAYS REMAIN
CONSTANT.
• SHE THEORIZED THAT THE RAYS COME FROM
THE ELEMET’S ATOMIC STRUCTURE.
• THIS REVOLUTINARY IDEA CREATED THE
FIELD OF ATOMIC PHYSICS AND CURIE
COINED THE WORD RADIOACTIVITY.

5. QUOTES
• “ I believe that Science has great
beauty. A scientist in a laboratory is
not a mere technician; he is also a
child confronting natural phenomena
that impress him as though they
were fairy tales.”

6. QUOTES
• “ I believe that Science has great
beauty. A scientist in a laboratory is
not a mere technician; he is also a
child confronting natural phenomena
that impress him as though they
were fairy tales.”