Maria Skłodowska Curie English version

'In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.'

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Biography of Maria Skłodowska- Curie

by Oliwia Duraj

'I am among those who think that science has great beauty.'

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NOBEL PRIZES

YOUTH

STUDIES IN PARIS AND THE FIRSTDISCOVERIES

biography of maria

‘Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.’

Maria Skłodowska- Curie

HUSBAND’S DEATH AND THE SECOND NOBEL PRIZE

MARIA’S DEATH

Timeline

July 1895 Gets married to Pierre Curie

6 December 1906 A second daughter is born - Ewa

4 July 1934 Maria's death

December 1898 Radium discovery

7 November 1867 Birth of Maria

1891 Begins her studies in Paris

September 1897 A daughter is born - Irena

10 December 1903 First Nobel Prize

1911 Second Nobel Prize

‘You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.’

Maria Skłodowska- Curie

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