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Marie Curie (anglès)

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  • Marie Curie was born

    Marie Curie was born

    She was born in Warsaw, Poland
  • She moved to France

    She moved to France

    At the age of 24, Marie Curie finally moved to France to study thanks to her savings and the help of her father.
  • Marie Curie graduated in Physics

    Marie Curie graduated in Physics

    Marie Curie graduated in Physics from the University of Paris, being number one in her class.
  • Discovery of new elements

    Discovery of new elements

    Marie and Pierre Curie worked side by side in far from easy conditions. They announced the discovery of new elements: radium and polonium, both more radioactive than uranium.
  • First Nobel Prize

    First Nobel Prize

    Is known for being the first female scientist to receive a Nobel Prize. She recevied it with her husband.
  • Discovered of radiation

    Discovered of radiation

    She soon discovered that radiation therapy could be a cancer treatment. This made Marie's experiments popular and popular.
  • Second Nobel Prize

    Second Nobel Prize

    She won the Nobel Prize of Chemistry.
  • Important role World War I

    Important role World War I

    Marie Curie was not only a pioneering scientist, she also played a very important role during World War I.
  • Marie Curie passed away

    Marie Curie passed away

    Unfortunately, due to the radiation to which she was exposed in her experiments, Marie Curie passed away. However, her contributions to science and society will always be immortal.