General
What hardships did she face?
poverty and sexism
What did her discovery do?
change the scientific understanding of matter at its most elemental level
Who was Marie Curies husband?
Pierre Curie
What did soldiers call the x-ray machines?
little curies
What 2 elements did she find
Radium & Polonium
Name one onMarie Curies siblings
Zofia (nicknamed Zosia)
Józef (nicknamed Józio)
Bronisława (nicknamed Bronią)
Helena (nicknamed Hela)
What 2 awards did she win
Nobel Prize in Physics (1903)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911)
What is one her modern contributions
New therapeutic and diagnostic methods in medicine
Where did she conduct her research
the School of Chemistry and Physics in Paris
What did radiation do to the medical field right after its discovery
Whos work did she build off of
Henri Becquerel
at what age did she die
4 July 1934, age 66
Where are the two radium institutes she founded
Paris, Warsaw
where Marie and her husband Pierre extract pure radium from
pitchblende
Which daughter built off of her research
Irène Joliot-Curie