The Life and Accomplishment of Madam Curie: Her Contribution to Science
RUNNING HEAD: LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MADAM CURIE
The Life and Accomplishment of Madam Curie: Her Contribution to Science Christina Buce
Running Head: Life and Accomplishments of Madam Curie
Marie “Madame” Sklodowska, also known as Madam Curie, was a French chemist, born November 7, 1987 in Poland. Her early years were know to be sorrowful, losing her mother and a sister, Marie was an early pioneer in the field of radiology, as well as winning two Nobel prizes and founding the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw, she was noted for her diligent work ethic, she turned down food and sleep in order to study. (www.spaceandmotion.com/physics-marie-curie-biography.htm)
As a child Marie learned to read at four years old, people were amazed with her memory at such a young age. Her father, was a scientist who kept his instruments in a glass case, these instruments intrigued young Marie. Marie, at an early age wanted to become a scientist, but her dream would be difficult to accomplish due to her family being poor. At the age of eighteen, in order for her surviving sister study in Paris, Marie became a governess to help with the financials. In return for helping her elder sister, Bronya financially, Bronya agreed to repay Marie by contributing to the cost of her studies after obtaining her own degree. (inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blMarieCurie.htm)
At the age of twenty-four, and with the urging of her sister, Marie moved to Paris to study chemistry and physics at the Sorbonne. With her impressive work in physics Marie managed to win a scholarship, also because of her work she was paid by the Society of Encouragement of National Industry to investigate the magnetic properties of different steels. It was this that led Marie Sklodowska to Pierre Curie, for her work with metals she needed a lab and Pierre agreed to let Marie use his lab for her work. Pierre had made important discoveries on magnetism
The Life and Accomplishment of Madam Curie: Her Contribution to Science Christina Buce
Running Head: Life and Accomplishments of Madam Curie
Marie “Madame” Sklodowska, also known as Madam Curie, was a French chemist, born November 7, 1987 in Poland. Her early years were know to be sorrowful, losing her mother and a sister, Marie was an early pioneer in the field of radiology, as well as winning two Nobel prizes and founding the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw, she was noted for her diligent work ethic, she turned down food and sleep in order to study. (www.spaceandmotion.com/physics-marie-curie-biography.htm)
As a child Marie learned to read at four years old, people were amazed with her memory at such a young age. Her father, was a scientist who kept his instruments in a glass case, these instruments intrigued young Marie. Marie, at an early age wanted to become a scientist, but her dream would be difficult to accomplish due to her family being poor. At the age of eighteen, in order for her surviving sister study in Paris, Marie became a governess to help with the financials. In return for helping her elder sister, Bronya financially, Bronya agreed to repay Marie by contributing to the cost of her studies after obtaining her own degree. (inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blMarieCurie.htm)
At the age of twenty-four, and with the urging of her sister, Marie moved to Paris to study chemistry and physics at the Sorbonne. With her impressive work in physics Marie managed to win a scholarship, also because of her work she was paid by the Society of Encouragement of National Industry to investigate the magnetic properties of different steels. It was this that led Marie Sklodowska to Pierre Curie, for her work with metals she needed a lab and Pierre agreed to let Marie use his lab for her work. Pierre had made important discoveries on magnetism
References: nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/curie/ www.spaceandmotion.com/physics-marie-curie-biography.htm inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blMarieCurie.htm