![]() ![]() Question: What was the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for?Īnswer: Henri Becquerel was awarded half of the prize for his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity. Marie and Pierre worked together in the laboratory, which later resulted in a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, making Marie Curie the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. She later married Pierre and they had two daughters, Irène, born in 1897, and Eve, born in 1904. Pierre was the head of a laboratory at the School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry. ![]() Question: Why did she not return to Poland?Īnswer: Marie stayed in France after she met a French scientist, Pierre Curie, in the spring of 1894. Her goal was to get a teacher’s diploma and return to Poland. She worked as a private tutor for children in Poland before moving to Paris, France at the age of 24 to study mathematics and physics at the Sorbonne. Question: What was her educational background?Īnswer: Marie finished high school at 15, with the highest honours. When Marie was 11 years old, her oldest sister died of typhus and her mother of tuberculosis. Her father was a patriot whose views about an independent Poland often made it difficult for him to keep his job. Question: What was her family background?Īnswer: Marie had four brothers and sisters. She later changed her name to ‘Marie’ when she moved to Paris, France in later years. She was also called ‘Manya’ by her family and friends. She died of aplastic anaemia, a blood disease that often results from exposure to large amounts of radiation.Īnswer: She was born in Warsaw, now the capital of Poland, but at that time the city belonged to the Russian Empire.Īnswer: Her maiden name was Maria Sklodowska. Share via Email: Marie Curie – Questions and answers Share this content via EmailĪnswer: Marie Curie was born on 7 November 1867.Īnswer: Marie Curie died on 4 July 1934, in Savoy, France.Share on LinkedIn: Marie Curie – Questions and answers Share this content on LinkedIn.Tweet: Marie Curie – Questions and answers Share this content on Twitter.Share on Facebook: Marie Curie – Questions and answers Share this content on Facebook.To find out more about the extraordinary and tragic life of Marie Curie come into the Toronto Reference Library to read biographies such as these: Marie Curie died in France on July 4th, 1934 from aplastic anemia due to her exposure to radiation. Marie Curie founded The Curie Institute (Paris) The Curie Institute (Warsaw) and the Radium Institute (now the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology) in Warsaw, headed by her physician-sister, Bronislawa. Marie Curie's achievements include the theory of radioactivity, techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, the discovery of polonium and radium and the application of x-rays and radioactivity to medical treatments. She was also the first female to teach at the Sorbonne. Not only was she the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, but she is the only woman to win in two fields and the only person to win in more than one science. Marie Curie was the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 1903 Marie and Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their efforts in expanding scientific knowledge about radioactivity. Together they discovered the elements radium and polonium (named for Marie's native country) by extracting them from pitchblende ore and studying the x-rays they emitted. At twenty-four, Marie moved to Paris to study and met her future husband and collaborator, Pierre Curie. Maria Salomea Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, in Russian Poland. Come into the Business, Science and Technology Department on the third floor of the Toronto Reference Library to view this display by one of our Science Librarians marking the 100th Anniversary of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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