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Oxford Science Archive/Heritage-ImagesMarie was determined that research into radiation should continue after her death. She helped found the Radium Institute (now called the Curie Institute) in Paris, France. It became a world-renowned center for nuclear physics and chemistry research. She also helped found the Curie Foundation in Paris and the Radium Institute of Warsaw. Marie understood the need to accumulate intense radioactive sources. The existence in Paris at the Radium Institute of a stock of 1.5 grams of radium, in which over a period of several years radium D and polonium had accumulated, made a decisive contribution to the success of the experiments undertaken in the years around 1930—in particular of those experiments performed by Irène in conjunction with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie. This work prepared the way for the discovery of the

Early Life in Poland Marie Curie, the subject of Madame Curie, was born Marie Sklodovska (or Sklodowska) on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland, the fifth and youngest child in her family. As a child, her nickname was Manya. Curie’s family were Polish nationalists during the long period in which Poland was a part of the Russian empire. Her father, Vladislav Sklodovski, was a professor of mathematics and physics, while her mother was a director and teacher at a school for girls. Curie experienced tragedy early in life, when her sister Zosia died of typhus and her mother died of tuberculosis. Not long before these losses, Curie’s father’s salary had been drastically reduced due to political tensions with the Russian authorities. Upon graduating from high school in 1883, Curie enjoyed a year of freedom, during which she spent time staying with relatives and family friends in the country. Returning to Warsaw, she and her siblings began tutoring in order to supplement her father’s now meager income, which had been made worse when he lost all of his savings in a poor stock investment. Curie became involved with the Polish nationalist intelligentsia in Warsaw, which formed a ‘‘Floating University’’ to study and teach subjects forbidden by the Russian authorities. Curie thus became interested in the school of thought known as ‘‘positivism.’’ Part of the philosophy of her intellectual environment was that Polish resistance to Russian imperial authority should be exercised through t...

Running time 124 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $1,938,000 Box office $4,610,000 Madame Curie is a 1943 American The film tells the story of Polish-French physicist This was the fourth of nine onscreen pairings between Pidgeon and Garson. In several versions, much of the scientific aspects of the film were cut down or edited out entirely. Plot [ ] Madame Curie soirée his wife is throwing for a "few friends" (primarily professors and their wives). Among the many guests is physicist Fascinated by a demonstration she saw as an The physics department at the Now world-famous, they go on vacation to rest after all the press conferences and the Cast [ ] • • • [ • • • • • • • • • • • Production [ ] Madame Curie was originally set for production in 1941 starring Madame Curie as "too literary," and after Garbo's success in MGM's star Mervyn LeRoy replaced While the film is heavily fictionalized for dramatic purposes, the plot managed to adhere to the facts more than most biopics of the 1930s and 40s. Madame Curie completely omits any mention of Marie's family in Paris, including her sister Bronislawa, an Author Box office [ ] According to MGM records the film earned $2,575,000 in the US and Canada and $2,035,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $1,086,000. Accolades [ ] Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref. Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Nominated Others The film is recognized by • 2003: • • 2006: In popular culture [ ] Madame Cu...

Share this • Share on Facebook: Irène Joliot-Curie – Biographical Share this content on Facebook Facebook • Tweet: Irène Joliot-Curie – Biographical Share this content on Twitter Twitter • Share on LinkedIn: Irène Joliot-Curie – Biographical Share this content on LinkedIn LinkedIn • Share via Email: Irène Joliot-Curie – Biographical Share this content via Email Email this page Irène Joliot-Curie Biographical I rène Curie, born in Paris, September 12, 1897, was the daughter of Production artificielle d’éléments radioactifs. Preuve chimique de la transmutation des éléments (1934). In 1938 her research on the action of neutrons on the heavy elements, was an important step in the discovery of uranium fission. Appointed lecturer in 1932, she became Professor in the Faculty of Science in Paris in 1937, and afterwards Director of the Radium Institute in 1946. Being a Commissioner for Atomic Energy for six years, Irène took part in its creation and in the construction of the first French atomic pile (1948). She was concerned in the inauguration of the large centre for nuclear physics at Orsay for which she worked out the plans. This centre was equipped with a synchro-cyclotron of 160 MeV, and its construction was continued after her death by F. Joliot. She took a keen interest in the social and intellectual advancement of women; she was a member of the Comité National de l’Union des Femmes Françaises and of the World Peace Council. In 1936 Irène Joliot-Curie was appointed Undersec...

This seventh of November commemorates the birth of legendary scientist Curie became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from a French university, as well as the first woman to be employed as a professor at the University of Paris. Not only was she the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, but also the first person (man or woman) ever to win the award twice and for achievements in two distinct scientific fields. While Curie’s major accomplishments may be well known, here are several surprising facts about her personal and professional life that may not be. She worked out of a shack It may come as a surprise to know that Curie and Pierre conducted the bulk of the research and experimentation which led to the discovery of the elements Radium and Polonium in what was described by the respected German chemist, Wilhelm Ostwald, as “a cross between a stable and a potato shed.” In fact, when he was first shown the premises, he assumed that it was “a practical joke.” Even after the couple had won the Nobel Prize for their discoveries, Pierre died never having set foot in the new laboratory that the University of Paris had promised to build them. Nonetheless, Curie would fondly recall their time together in the leaky, drafty shack despite the fact that, in order to extract and isolate the radioactive elements, she often spent entire days stirring boiling cauldrons of uranium-rich pitchblende until “broken with fatigue”. By the time she and Pierre eventually submitted their discoveries ...

Share this • Share on Facebook: Marie Curie – Facts Share this content on Facebook Facebook • Tweet: Marie Curie – Facts Share this content on Twitter Twitter • Share on LinkedIn: Marie Curie – Facts Share this content on LinkedIn LinkedIn • Share via Email: Marie Curie – Facts Share this content via Email Email this page Marie Curie Facts Marie Curie, née Sklodowska The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 Born: 7 November 1867, Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland) Died: 4 July 1934, Sallanches, France Prize motivation: “in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel” Prize share: 1/4 Also awarded: Life Marie Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family of teachers who believed strongly in education. She moved to Paris to continue her studies and there met Pierre Curie, who became both her husband and colleague in the field of radioactivity. The couple later shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Marie was widowed in 1906, but continued the couple's work and went on to become the first person ever to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. During World War I, Curie organized mobile X-ray teams. The Curies' daughter, Irene, was also jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside her husband, Frederic Joliot Work The 1896 discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel inspired Marie and Pierre Curie to further investigate this phenomenon. They examined many substances and ...

A two-time Nobel laureate, Marie Curie is best known for her pioneering studies of radioactivity. Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes: the first in 1903 in physics, shared with Pierre Curie (her husband) and Henri Becquerel for the discovery of the phenomenon of radioactivity, and the second in 1911 in chemistry for the discovery of the radioactive elements polonium and radium. From Poland to Paris and the Radioactive Rare Science History Institute The daughter of impoverished Polish schoolteachers, Marie Sklodowska worked as a governess in Poland to support her older sister in Paris, whom she eventually joined there. Already entranced with chemistry, she took advanced scientific degrees at the Sorbonne, where she met and married Pierre Curie, a physicist who had achieved fame for his work on the piezoelectric effect. For her thesis she chose to work in a field just opened up by Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays and Becquerel’s observation of the mysterious power of samples of uranium salts to expose photographic film. Curie soon convinced her husband to join in the endeavor of isolating the “radioactive” substance—a word she coined. Polonium and Radium In 1898, after laboriously isolating various substances by successive chemical reactions and crystallizations of the products, which they then tested for their ability to ionize air, the Curies announced the discovery of polonium and then of radium salts weighing abo...

This seventh of November commemorates the birth of legendary scientist Curie became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from a French university, as well as the first woman to be employed as a professor at the University of Paris. Not only was she the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, but also the first person (man or woman) ever to win the award twice and for achievements in two distinct scientific fields. While Curie’s major accomplishments may be well known, here are several surprising facts about her personal and professional life that may not be. She worked out of a shack It may come as a surprise to know that Curie and Pierre conducted the bulk of the research and experimentation which led to the discovery of the elements Radium and Polonium in what was described by the respected German chemist, Wilhelm Ostwald, as “a cross between a stable and a potato shed.” In fact, when he was first shown the premises, he assumed that it was “a practical joke.” Even after the couple had won the Nobel Prize for their discoveries, Pierre died never having set foot in the new laboratory that the University of Paris had promised to build them. Nonetheless, Curie would fondly recall their time together in the leaky, drafty shack despite the fact that, in order to extract and isolate the radioactive elements, she often spent entire days stirring boiling cauldrons of uranium-rich pitchblende until “broken with fatigue”. By the time she and Pierre eventually submitted their discoveries ...

Early Life in Poland Marie Curie, the subject of Madame Curie, was born Marie Sklodovska (or Sklodowska) on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland, the fifth and youngest child in her family. As a child, her nickname was Manya. Curie’s family were Polish nationalists during the long period in which Poland was a part of the Russian empire. Her father, Vladislav Sklodovski, was a professor of mathematics and physics, while her mother was a director and teacher at a school for girls. Curie experienced tragedy early in life, when her sister Zosia died of typhus and her mother died of tuberculosis. Not long before these losses, Curie’s father’s salary had been drastically reduced due to political tensions with the Russian authorities. Upon graduating from high school in 1883, Curie enjoyed a year of freedom, during which she spent time staying with relatives and family friends in the country. Returning to Warsaw, she and her siblings began tutoring in order to supplement her father’s now meager income, which had been made worse when he lost all of his savings in a poor stock investment. Curie became involved with the Polish nationalist intelligentsia in Warsaw, which formed a ‘‘Floating University’’ to study and teach subjects forbidden by the Russian authorities. Curie thus became interested in the school of thought known as ‘‘positivism.’’ Part of the philosophy of her intellectual environment was that Polish resistance to Russian imperial authority should be exercised through t...

Share this • Share on Facebook: Irène Joliot-Curie – Biographical Share this content on Facebook Facebook • Tweet: Irène Joliot-Curie – Biographical Share this content on Twitter Twitter • Share on LinkedIn: Irène Joliot-Curie – Biographical Share this content on LinkedIn LinkedIn • Share via Email: Irène Joliot-Curie – Biographical Share this content via Email Email this page Irène Joliot-Curie Biographical I rène Curie, born in Paris, September 12, 1897, was the daughter of Production artificielle d’éléments radioactifs. Preuve chimique de la transmutation des éléments (1934). In 1938 her research on the action of neutrons on the heavy elements, was an important step in the discovery of uranium fission. Appointed lecturer in 1932, she became Professor in the Faculty of Science in Paris in 1937, and afterwards Director of the Radium Institute in 1946. Being a Commissioner for Atomic Energy for six years, Irène took part in its creation and in the construction of the first French atomic pile (1948). She was concerned in the inauguration of the large centre for nuclear physics at Orsay for which she worked out the plans. This centre was equipped with a synchro-cyclotron of 160 MeV, and its construction was continued after her death by F. Joliot. She took a keen interest in the social and intellectual advancement of women; she was a member of the Comité National de l’Union des Femmes Françaises and of the World Peace Council. In 1936 Irène Joliot-Curie was appointed Undersec...