Marie Curie

MARIE CURIE LIFE OF MARIE CURIE         Marie Curie(1867-1934) was a French physicist with many accomplishments in both physics and chemistry. Marie and her husband Pierre, who was also a French physicist, are both famous for their work in radioactivity.         Marie Curie, originally named Marja Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw, Poland on Nov.7, 1867. Her first learning of physics came from her father who taught it in high school. Marie's father must have taught his daughter …

…instrument dials. Today safer and cheaper sources of radiation have replaced radium for most industrial and medical uses. CONCLUSION         The work of the Curies, which by its nature dealt with changes in the atomic nucleus, led the way toward modern understanding of the atom as an entity that can be split to release enormous amounts of energy. With these discoveries we have been able to actually put to use the elements in our everyday life.