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    Marie Curie and inspirational woman who accomplished many things in her life That helped people. Justice is fair treatment and behavior towards someone. She accomplished many things she was the first woman to win a Nobel peace prize. Marie Curie also the first woman to discovered two elements. Marie Curie contributed to society because she helped gain opportunities and growth for the society and also safety and security she did this by helping fight for cancer and helping ww1 soldiers. Marie Curie

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    Marie Curie... She is best known for her discovery of radium and polonium and her work with radioactivity. She encountered times of adversity in her career just because she was a woman, but she met her challenges and overcame them. Marie Curie exceeded the barriers put on women in her time to become one of the world’s most famous scientists and used her knowledge to the benefit of humanity. Marie Curie was breaking barriers even when she was young. Marya Salomee Sklodowska was born on November

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    Marie Curie played a major role in the history of science and I will be telling you some information on her. Marie Curie’s real full name is Maria Salomea Skłodowsk (You’ll see why I said real). Marie Curie also played a huge role in the creation of the X-ray by discovering radium, the reason the X-ray can work the way it does and, also the first woman to ever recieve a Nobel Prize. She was born November 7, 1867 and she died July 4, 1934 at the age of 66, due to too much radiation exposure. Marie

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    Marie Curie "Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.""Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood."Marie had no kids and she was born in France. Curie impacted us tremendously, her help in the invention of the X-ray made our lives as we know it way easier,therefore our lives would be much harder in the term of medical field without Marie. Have you ever went to get an X-ray? Well thank Marie Curie for that X-ray that you got allowing the doctors to see what bone is broken

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    Born into poverty, both Gregor Mendel and Marie Curie made it very far in the world of science, earning many degrees. I learned many interesting facts about Gregor Mendel who is the "father of modern genetics" and Marie Curie who discovered radioactivity used for x-rays. Even though Mendel and Curie made it very far in the world, I feel that Mendel's contributions had more of an impact on science. Born Johann Mendel, Gregor grew up in a family of small farmers who made financial sacrifices to pay

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    expectations of women attending university, Marie Curie’s motivation to expand her knowledge of science drove Curie’s ambition to find a university she could attend. Curie moved to Paris and attending university where she learned French while earning a degree in mathematics and physics. These degrees enabled Curie to investigate uranium and thorium, which later led to studying pitchblende, a natural ore containing these elements (Froman 2014). It was through pitchblende Curie discovered the radioactive elements

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    separate projects. Marie was very interested in the work of a French physicist named Henri Becquerel. He discovered that uranium casts off rays. Marie Curie took Henri Becquerel’s work a little further and conducted experiments on uranium rays. She discovered that the rays remained the same despite the condition or form of the uranium. This idea created the field of atomic physics and Madame Curie invented the term radioactivity to describe the occurrence. Later, in 1897, Marie and Pierre had a daughter

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    Born on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, Marie Sklodowska, better known as Marie Curie, is famously known for being the first woman to win a Nobel Peace prize and first one person to win twice. Curie’s knowledge has led to the discovery or both polonium and radium and helped with creation of the X-ray. Curie’s legacy has led to various breakthroughs in science and continues to impact the the world today. Marie Curie grew up in an impoverished household, being the youngest of 5 siblings. She

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    Curie Begins The Cure Marie Curie once said, “I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.” New discoveries help the world in many ways, but are also able to hurt the world. As her quote said, Marie Curie’s discoveries were ones that accomplished more good from them than evil. Curie helped to discover not only one, but two elements that are exceptionally important to today’s society, Polonium, Radium, and radioactivity. Many people have

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    Although Marie Curie was a female borne into a male dominated empire she ended up getting a very good education and developed lifesaving radiologic technology. née Maria Salomea Skłodowska was borne in Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland). She later married to Pierre Curie and had two daughters, one being Irene Curie who was also a famous scientist. Marie Curie was a physicist and a chemist who made a lot of advancements in the field of science and in women’s achievement level. Marie Curie made many

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