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 * __Marie Curie__**



date of birth: Nov. 7th 1867 date of death: Jul 4th 1934 country of origin: Poland

· Marie was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher · She received an education in local schools and some scientific teaching from her father · In 1894 she met Pierre Curie, a professor in physics, they married a year later · In 1903 she gained her Doctor of Science and was Head of Physics Laboratory at Sorbonne · Her husband, Pierre, died in 1906 · She was also appointed Director of the Curie Laboratory in the Radium Institute of the University of Paris, founded in 1914. · Marie discovered two radioactive elements; polonium and radium · She did this by isolating the radioactive isotopes · Her accomplishments are still used today as radium is used in radiology which treats tumors · She had shown that the radiation was not the outcome of some interaction of molecules, but it comes from the atom itself · This was probably the most important thing that Curie constructed · She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 for this and was the first to win this award