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INTRODUCTION

Marie Curie's real name is Maria Sklodowska, born on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland,
the youngest daughter in a family of 5 siblings, both of whose parents were teachers.
EARLY LIFE
During her school years, Marie always held the top position at school. However, those
academic achievements could not help her enter the University of Warsaw - a school for boys
only. Marie continued her studies at an "underground university" with secret underground
classes. Marie dreamed of studying abroad to get an official university degree but could not
afford the tuition. Marie decided to go to work to support her sister in studying medicine. For
nearly 5 years, Marie worked as a tutor and a teacher to earn money to cover the costs. Marie
realized her dream of going to Paris, where she studied at the Sorbonne University. After
months of tireless study, along with a poor diet of only bread, butter and tea, Marie often had
health problems. Thanks to her extraordinary efforts, Marie quickly became one of the most
outstanding students at the Sorbonne University.
MARIE AND PIERRE CURIE: A MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS
Love with Pierre Curie was the second love in Marie Sklodowska's life. At the age of 19, while
working as a tutor, Marie had a poetic first love with the landlord's son.Marie recalled: “As I
entered the room, Pierre Curie was standing in the recess of a French window opening on a
balcony. He seemed to me very young, though he was at that time 35 years old. Within a year,
Pierre asked for Marie’s hand in marriage. At the time, she did not accept because she planned
to return to Poland to work. But when Marie was denied a place at Kraków University because
she was a woman, Pierre convinced her to return to Paris. On 26 July 1895 Pierre and Marie had
a civil wedding ceremony in Sceaux. For their honeymoon, the Curies took a bicycle tour
around the French countryside. Pierre and Marie had two daughters, Irene and Eve.
CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Marie Curie is famous for her important work in science, especially in physics and chemistry.
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and is still the only person to have won Nobel
Prizes in two different scientific areas. Curie's journey in science started when she moved to
Paris in 1891 to study at the University of Paris (Sorbonne) At first, she studied the properties
of different materials, but her life changed when she began researching radioactivity, a term she
created. Together with her husband, Pierre Curie, she did groundbreaking research on
radioactive elements like uranium and thorium. In 1898, they discovered two new elements:
polonium, named after Marie’s home country, and radium, which later became important for
treating cancer. Their research led to the development of the theory of radioactivity, which
changed how people understood atomic structure and decay. In 1903, Marie Curie, along with
Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on
radioactivity, making her the first woman to receive this award.
In 1906, on the way to the Academy of Sciences, Pierre had a traffic accident and died. A year
later, Marie Curie was accepted as a professor to replace her husband at the University and
became the first female professor at the University of Paris. With extraordinary determination,
having to raise two small children alone while also taking on teaching and scientific research
work, in 1911 Marie Curie once again received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering
polonium and isolating it. pure radium, becoming the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. The
French government decided to award her the Legion of Merit. Marie Curie devoted herself to
science bravely and impartially. She announced to the whole world the method of refining Radi.
In 1914, she was appointed Director of the Radi Institute in Paris. This is the first facility to use
Radi to treat cancer. During World War I, Marie Curie and her daughter Iren tried to use radium
rays to save lives. On July 14, 1934, Marie Curie died. She died of leukemia caused by long-
term exposure to radiation. In 1995, she became the first woman with her own achievements to
have the honor of keeping her ashes

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