The Life And Accomplishments Of Marie Curie
by Lillian Bonar
Essay: The Life And Accomplishments Of Marie Curie
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Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. Her first few years were very trying on her spirits,
her sister died from typhus, and four years later, her mother. Despite her difficult childhood, however, Curie went
on to graduate at the top of her high school class at the age of fifteen. Due to her gender and Russian reprisals
following the January Uprising, she was prohibited from going to a university, and therefore attended the illegal
"underground" Flying University. In 1891, however, Curie left Poland and enrolled in the Sorbonne, and graduated
first in her undergraduate class in 1893, and in 1894 she earned a Master's Degree in mathematics. In the midst of
her studies she fell in love and In July, 1895, Curie married fellow scientist Pierre Curie, and together they studied
radioactive materials. They also managed to find time to start a family, in 1897 Curie gave birth to her first baby
girl, Irene. Although she was now a mother, Curie managed to continue her scientific studies and schooling. Like
her childhood, Marie's adult life was not without its tragedies as well. In August, 1903, Curie experienced a
miscarriage, and she wrote of her sadness to her sister Bronya, "I had grown so accustomed to the idea of the
child that I am absolutely desperate and cannot be consoled." (August 25, 1903). Despite this unfortunate event,
1903 was still a very important year for her career-wise, because under the doctoral supervision of Henri
Becquerel, she received her Doctor of Science from the Higher School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry of the
City of Paris. Also, In 1903 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with her husband and Henri
Becquerel. Although the Nobel Prize is a prestigious award by itself, i...