10 Interesting Fact About The life and legacy of Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
10 Interesting Fact About The life and legacy of Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
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Marie Curie was born under the name Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867.
His family experiences financial difficulties, so he must work hard to get proper education.
As a teenager, Marie Curie became a private teacher and taught children in the villages around Warsaw.
Marie Curie studied at Sorbonne University in Paris in 1891, and met her husband Pierre Curie, who is also a physicist.
They both work together in research on radiation and find two new elements in the periodic table, namely polonium and radium.
In 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win Nobel Prize in the field of physics with her husband, Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel.
After her husband's death in 1906, Marie Curie continued her own research and won the second Nobel Prize in the field of chemistry in 1911.
Marie Curie was the first woman to become a professor at Sorbonne University and founded the Radium Institute in Paris.
Marie Curie died in 1934 due to radiation poisoning and buried in the Pantheon cemetery in Paris.
Now, Marie Curie is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of world science and technology, and is an inspiration for many women to pursue careers in the field of STEM.
