Marie curie

Marie Curie

By kamil

  • A genius was born.

    A genius was born.
    Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland. At the time Poland was under the Communist control of the Russians Empire.
  • Period: to

    The life of a genius.

  • The Wedding.

    The Wedding.
    Marie Curie got married to French phisycist Pierre Curie. They were bound to accomplish something extrodinary.

  • First Child

    First Child
    Irene Curie was the first daughter of the Curie family.

  • POLonium.

    POLonium.
    Marie Curie, with the help of her husband Pierre, created the element Polonium. Marie named it after her homeland, Poland.

  • Radium

    Radium
    A couple months after creating Polonium, the couple discovered the element radium.

  • 1st Nobel Prize.

    1st Nobel Prize.
    Marie Curie was the first woman to be awarded with the Nobel Prize.

  • Second Child.

    Second Child.
    Eve Curie was the last child of the Curies. Eve lived to be 102 years old!

  • Husband's Death.

    Husband's Death.
    In 1906, Pierre Curie was struck by a horse-drawn vehicle and died of a skull fracture.

  • 2nd Nobel Prize.

    2nd Nobel Prize.
    On New Years of 1911, Marie Curie had reasons to celebrate. She had just one her second Nobel Prize for the discovery of radium and polonium.

  • Death of a genius.

    Death of a genius.
    Marie Curie died in Passy,France. There are theories of why she died. One of the most probable theories is because of the radiation she was exposed to when working with uranium.