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The accomplishments Marie Curie has achieved throughout her lifetime are truly incredible. She has undoubtedly changed science forever with the help of her husband Pierre Curie and other fellow scientists. ... Although she had to put up with the inconveniences of a miniature laboratory and the problem of sexual discrimination, Marie Curie defied the odds and proved everyone wrong by her successes and life changing discoveries.
Marie Sklodowska Curie was a legend in the science world as the woman who helped discover the science of radioactivity. Born to Bronislwa and Vladislav Sklodowski in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie was in the midst of a struggle Poland was having with Russia, which would lead to some roadblocks in her future aspirations to be a scientist. ... He continuously nurtured his children with classic literature and end exposed them to scientific apparatuses and at an early age sparking a premature interest within Marie. (“Marie Curie-Biography”)
Marie was very intelligent in school and did not let her personal losses impede her academic success. ... Eventually Marie decided the only way to further her career was to movie to attend college elsewhere. ... (Ashburn)
After her schooling Marie was in search of a lab partner, and through a mutual friend Marie met her future husband and partner in changing the course of science, Pierre Curie. ... Many in the science community though ignored Becquerel’s uranium rays except for one that was very interested, Madame Curie. ... This came in great use to Marie who used the Curie electrometer often, measuring the faint currents that passed through the air that had been bombarded with uranium rays. With numerous experiments, Marie confirmed Becquerel’s observations that the electrical effects of uranium rays were constant, regardless of whether the uranium was solid or crushed, pure or in compound, wet or dry, or whether exposed to light or heat. ... Marie’s real achievement though was to cut through the complicated and obscure observations with a study of the set of conclusions that, however unexpected, were possible. ... Marie once again used the Curie electrometer, which detected the presence of these salts and because of the low concentration of these newly discovered elements, it required approximately one ton of the pitchblende to produce 0.
Approximate Word count = 1747
Approximate Pages = 7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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