Marie Curie

Marie Sklodowska-Curie is one of the most recognized scientists of all time not only because of her great discoveries on radioactivity , but also because she is a woman . Most often than not , women are stereotyped as the weaker sex . However , Marie never saw her being a lady as a constraint to living a life of scientific adventure . In fact , she wittingly surpassed societal standards which controlled her academic development and successfully made a legend of her own

Since she was young , Marie had been proving and extending her intellectual capacities , especially in

Mathematic , Physics and Chemistry . Though circumstances were difficult , she managed to attain her dreams by exhibiting unfaltering passion and determination . Although she went agnostic at the age of 20 , her beliefs and advocacies were strong , value-based and humanity-oriented

Together with her husband Pierre , Marie revealed that radioactive properties are rooted mainly on the atoms of a radioactive element Moreover , the couple was able to discover two new radioactive elements Polonium and Radium , in their humble laboratory and was awarded numerous titles that led to their wide-reaching and respected reputation . The couple , with Henri Becquerel , was deemed a Nobel Prize in Physics while Marie alone received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry . She was the first woman to ever obtain a Nobel Prize , as well as the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes . She was also the first woman in Europe to achieve a doctorate degree in science , as well as the first woman to hold a high teaching position in the tertiary academe

Marie Curie is an exemplification of an empowered woman : simple yet original , brave yet loving , brilliant yet considerate . Despite all the tribulations that crossed her way , she never left her field and remained firm in what she believes in . Hopefully , her deep love for discovery commitment to truth and passion for science will live on through the times

Maria Sklodowska-Curie Ph .D

Chemist , Mathematician and Physicist

November 7 , 1867 - July 4 , 1934

Ethnicity : Polish

Nationality : French

Spouse : Pierre Curie Ph .D

Children : Eve and Irene Curie

Education

Russian Lycye , Wagsraw , Poland - 1882

The Flying University

Sorbonne University , Paris - 1893

Masteral Degree in Physics

Sorbonne University , Paris - 1894

Masteral Degree in Mathematics

Sorbonne University , Paris - 1903

Doctorate Degree in Science

Expertise

Atomic Radioactivity

Isolation of Elements

Chemical Analysis

X-radiography

Experience

Governess - under the Zorawskis ' in Poland

Researcher - Society for the Encouragement of National Industry

Lecturer , Professor and Head of Laboratory - Sorbonne University , Paris

Director - Radium Institute

Professor of Science - University of Paris , France

Professor of Radiology - University of Warsaw , Poland

Publications "Another New Radio-active Element " Comptes Rendus 127 : 1215 (1898 ) with br

. Curie and G . Bymont

L 'Isotopie et les Elyments Isotopes (Isotopy and iso elements "New Radio-Active Element in Pitchblende " Comptes Rendus 127 : 175 (1898 ) with

. Curie "Radiations from Compounds of Uranium and of Thorium " Comptes Rendus 126 : 1101 (1898

Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives (Investigations on radioactive substances (1904

Traity de radioactivity (Treatise on radioactivity (1910

Honors and Awards

Valedictorian - Russian Lycye , Poland...