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    Marie Sklodowska, also known as Marie Curie, was born on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland. She was the youngest in a family of five children. Both of her parents were teachers, and she took after her father, who taught physics and math. Sadly, when she was ten, her mother died from tuberculosis. While Marie was a top student at her secondary school, she was not able to attend a university in Poland because they were for men only. Nevertheless, she was so determined to learn that, instead of giving

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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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    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. The birth of their daughter didn’t slow down their work. In order to help Marie with her exploration of radioactivity, Pierre decided

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    When Obsession Becomes Deadly: The Life of Marie Curie Marie Curie, a pioneer in her field and Nobel Prize winning Chemist, took a path that few women of her time dared and unfortunately, her passion for Science would be her ultimate demise. From birth to death Marie Curie lived a full life, with love, work, and passion at the center. Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 7 November 1867, the fifth and youngest child of well-known teachers Bronisława and Władysław Skłodowski. Maria's

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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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    Marie Curie Is A Hero

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    Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867. Curie was born during a time when Russia, Austria, and Prussia joined together, invaded Poland and then separated the country with war. Marie lived in the part that was controlled by Russia and they were notorious for their harsh ruling, especially to polish people. Marie’s family were able to support themselves, but because they used most of their money on trying to get the Russian’s out of their country, they were left with little. Marie

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    1800’s, there were not a lot of female scientists. Marie Curie became the first woman to receive a nobel prize, and also the first to receive two of them. She was a Polish-French physicist and chemist who discovered two elements and was famous for her work with radioactivity. She got her love of science from her father, a physics and mathematics teacher. She moved to Paris to further her education and there met her future husband, Pierre Curie, and took his place at Sorbonne when he passed away as

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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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    of the past have greatly changed and aided the field of medicine. Marie Curie is the pioneer of radiation research and has made many contributions to the health care field, in particular, to that of radiologic sciences. Curie’s accomplishments as a physicist and chemist have brought about enormous scientific breakthroughs in Radioactivity. These discoveries have paved the way for how radiology is practiced today. Marie Curie was born on November 07, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. Both her parents where

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    Marie Curie LIFE OF MARIE CURIE      Marie Curie(1867-1934) was a French physicist with many accomplishments in both physics and chemistry. Marie and her husband Pierre, who was also a French physicist, are both famous for their work in radioactivity.      Marie Curie, originally named Marja Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw, Poland on Nov.7, 1867. Her first learning of physics came from her father who taught it in high school. Marie's father must

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