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= = =Marie Curie=



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Marie Curie was born November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. At a young age, Marie grew up rather quickly. In her late teens, Marie's father invested poorly losing all of his money which forced her to grow up and get a job as a teacher. With her earnings, she helped to finance her sister through college in Paris. Curie moved to Paris in order to further her knowledge. While she was in Paris, she lived on bread, butter, and tea. Now Paris is now to be a city of love, and in this story that is exactly what it is. Marie met her husband Pierre Curie while living in Paris. Her and her husband worked closely together towards the discovery of radiation. In the year 1898, they both discovered polonium and radiation. In the year 1903, Marie and Pierre Curie along with Henri Becquerel, were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of radiation. In 1911, Marie was awarded another Nobel Prize in chemistry for the isolation of pure radium. Marie was very dedicated to her work even after having both her children. On July 4, 1934, Marie died of leukemia caused by all the radiation she endured in her studies. Maries children follwed her in her career path and continued contributing to science in the general field of radiation.

= = =Wilhelm C Roentgen=



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Wilhelm C. Roentgen was born on March 27, 1845 in Germany. Roentgen went to boarding school and wasn't anything, but ordinary, and had an interest for nature. He attended a tech school where he was expelled for being wrongfully accused for a drawing of a teacher that must have been offensive. He then continued on to the University of Utrecht to study Physics and then from there went to Zurich to study mechanical engineering and graduated with a PhD. On November 8, 1895, Roentgen founded x-rays, which was his most famous discovery, but not his only discovery/work. The first x-ray ever taken was of Roentgen's wife's hand. On February 10, 1923, Wilhelm passed away.

= = =Henri Becquerel= == = = = = [] = = = = Henri Becquerel was born on December 15, 1852 in Paris. His father and grandfather were very successful scientists whom guided him on his career path. Becquerel was geared towards his father's work of phosphorescence. After Rontgen discovered X-rays, Henri Becquerel decided to investigate the connection between X-rays(radiation) and phosphorescence. It was a cloudy day when Becquerel was experimenting with the uranium salt he inherited from his father. Becquerel though he needed sunlight, so he left the salt on a photographic plate with opaque paper covering it so no light would get to the substance. When Becquerel returned to his experiment he unintentially discovered radiation. In 1903, he was awarded half of the Nobel Prize along with Pierre and Marie Curie. Henri Becquerel left his family and the world on August 25, 1908. Five years after winning the Nobel Prize.

=JJ Thomson=

[] [] Dec. 18, 1856 - Aug. 30, 1940 knighted, 1908. JJ Thomson studied at Trinity College and became a Fellow of Trinity College and remained there the rest of his life. One of his most notable achievements stemmed from his studies of cathode rays in which he discovered the electron, announcing this on 30 April 1897 at an evening lecture to the Royal Institution. Did I mention he was knighted? JJ Thomson created the Plum Pudding model of the atom. It consisted of electrons floating in a positively charged cloud. This model was discarded after Rutherford's gold foil experiment. [|__http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/593074/Sir-J-J-Thomson__] []