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Marie Curie was a pioneering physicist and chemist who discovered the elements radium and polonium. Along with her husband Pierre, she established the term "radioactivity" and won Nobel Prizes in both physics and chemistry, making her the first person to win Nobel Prizes in multiple sciences. Her groundbreaking work with radioactive materials helped advance the field of radiology but ultimately led to her death from aplastic anemia at age 66 due to extensive exposure to radiation over many years.

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Script & Summary of Marie Curie

Marie Curie was a pioneering physicist and chemist who discovered the elements radium and polonium. Along with her husband Pierre, she established the term "radioactivity" and won Nobel Prizes in both physics and chemistry, making her the first person to win Nobel Prizes in multiple sciences. Her groundbreaking work with radioactive materials helped advance the field of radiology but ultimately led to her death from aplastic anemia at age 66 due to extensive exposure to radiation over many years.

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Marie Curie

**the script is not exactly as read in the video, there may be several changes.

Marie Curie was a physicist, chemist and a pioneer in the study of radiation. Along with
her husband, she added two elements to the periodic table to establish the term ‘radioactivity.’
Marie also discovered that radiology could help to cure cancer and developed a mobile x-ray
machine. However, her work with radioactive materials was what ultimately killed her.
After hearing this you may wonder, How was her life? What inspired her to continue her
research until the moment of her death? Now let’s take a look at her life.
Marie Curie was born as Marya (Manya) Salomee Sklodowska on Nov. 7, 1867, in
Warsaw, Poland. As the youngest of five children. Her parents, who were educators, ensured
that their daughters were well educated.
Marie wished to pursue higher education. This choice was unusual for a woman at that
time. And because the University of Warsaw did not accept women, Marie had to move abroad.
In 1891, Marie finally set off for Paris and entered a university. There, she met Pierre
Curie, a physicist who shared his lab and his heart with her. The two were married in 1895, a
year after Marie graduated with a degree in both physics and mathematics.
In 1896 Henri Becquerel discovered that Uranium spontaneously emitted a mysterious
x-ray-like radiation that could interact with photographic film. This statement led her to
conclude that ‘radiations’ were coming from something fundamental within the atoms of each
element.
Next, by focusing on a super radioactive ore called pitchblende, the Curries discovered
two new elements: polonium and radium and invented the term radioactivity.
By 1902 they had extracted a tenth of a gram of pure radium chloride salt from several tons of
pitch blade, an incredible achievement at that time. Later that year, Pierre and Becquerel were
nominated for the Nobel prize and physics. But Marie was overlooked.
Pierre insisted that the owner of the original research was Marie. Because of that, both
the curies and becquerel could share the 1903 Nobel prize. From this incident, Marie Curie
became the first female Nobel Laurent.
Well funded and well respected the curries were on a roll. But tragedy struck. In 1906
Pierre was crushed by a horse-drawn cart and died.
Marie, devastated, immersed herself in the research. After some time, she took over
Piere's teaching position at the Sorbonne and became the first female professor in the
university.
In 1911 she won another Nobel in chemistry for her earlier discovery in radium and
polonium. This made her the one and only person to win Nobel prizes in two different sciences.
As her research into radioactivity intensified, World War I broke out in 1914. So Curie
suspended her research and organized a fleet of mobile X-ray machines for doctors on the front
and investigated radiation effects on tumors and cancer.
However, these benefits on humanity may have come at a high personal cost. At age 66,
Marie died of bone marrow disease, which many today think was caused by her radiation
exposure.
Curie was buried next to her husband in Sceaux, a commune in southern Paris. But in
1995, their remains were moved and interred in the Pantheon in Paris alongside France's
greatest citizens. The Curies received another honor in 1944 when the 96th element on the
periodic table of elements was discovered and named "curium.
As a woman, Marie had to overcome many barriers. But, she remained dedicated to her
work and was a great role model for other people.

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