Marie Curie
| Date of birth | November 7, 1867 |
| Place of birth | Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (then part of the Russian Empire) |
| Date of death | July 4, 1934 |
| Place of death | Passy, Haute-Savoie, France |
| Wikipedia link | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie |
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Marie Curie
- Studies and professorship -
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Marie Curie studied physics and mathematics at the University of Paris, graduating in physics in 1893 and mathematics in 1894.
After Pierre Curie's death, she took over his chair in 1906, becoming the first female professor at the Sorbonne.
Marie Curie
- Prize winner (1903) -
Nobelpreis für Chemie
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Marie Curie
- Marriage and research partnership -
Pierre Curie
Marie Curie and Pierre Curie had been married since 1895 and worked closely together on research into radioactivity and the discovery of polonium and radium.
Pierre Curie supported Marie Curie's research by contributing his experience in the precision measurement of electrical charges and radiation intensities.
Marie Curie
- Mother-daughter relationship -
Irène Joliot-Curie
Irène Joliot-Curie was the eldest daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie and grew up in the environment of her parents' research laboratory.
Marie Curie taught her daughter herself at times in an informal "cooperation class" with other families of scientists and encouraged her interest in science at an early age.
Marie Curie
- Scientific follow-up work -
Henri Becquerel
Marie Curie continued Henri Becquerel's discovery of uranium radiation by systematically studying the intensity of radiation from various uranium and thorium compounds.
Becquerel's work provided the impetus for Curie's definition and quantification of radioactivity as an independent physical property.
Marie Curie
- Coining and measuring the term -
Radioaktivität
Marie Curie coined the term "radioactivity" for the phenomenon observed by Becquerel and developed methods to accurately measure radiation intensity.
Marie Curie
- Discovery of polonium -
Polonium
In 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie identified a highly radiant new element in pitchblende, which they named "polonium" in honor of Marie Curie's homeland of Poland.
The discovery of polonium was an early indication that there are previously unknown highly radioactive elements.
Marie Curie
- Discovery of radium -
Radium
At the end of 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie reported the discovery of another, even more radiant element, which they called "radium."
The isolation of large amounts of radium was extremely labor-intensive and made Marie Curie internationally famous.
Marie Curie
- Nobel Prize winner in physics and chemistry -
Nobelkomitee
In 1903, the Nobel Committee for Physics honored Marie Curie, along with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel, for their studies of radiation emitted by uranium and other substances.
The Nobel Committee for Chemistry awarded her the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of radium and polonium, the isolation of radium and the study of the properties of this element.
Marie Curie
- applied unsuccessfully to -
Lise Meitner
After completing her doctorate, Luise Meitner applied to Marie Curie in Paris, but was unsuccessful.
Marie Curie
- Collaboration 1906/1907 -
Harriet Brooks
In 1906/1907 Harriet Brooks worked with Marie and Pierre Curie in Paris.