Marie Curie

Marie Curie- Dicovered the Elements Polonium and Radium by proccessing eleven tons of pitchblende. Led the way to radiation therapy. Won 2 Nobel Prizes. Died because of her work.

Early Life
Marie was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867. Her mother died when she was 12, and her sister died 2 years later. She attended a boarding school her mother had opened and graduated in 1883. In order to help her sister, she was employed as a governess.She went to Floating University, where she tutored and took classes at the same time. She went back to France when she got her degree and met Pierre Curie, who she later married.

Work with Radioactivity
After the discovery of Uranium emitting radiation, Marie and Pierre began searching for more radioactive elements, fist discovering Polonium and then Radium.



Nobel Prizes
In 1903 Marie won the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work with radioactivity. In 1911, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of Radium and Polonium. She is 1 of only 2 people to win 2 different Nobel Prizes.