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Pierre and Marie
married 47 years. |
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Nobel Prize portrait 1903 |
Madame Curie--won two Nobel Prizes in science. That is what most folks think of when her name comes up. Born in Poland, studying in France, she married a fellow scientist, Pierre Curie.
Marie Curie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
They were collaborators in the laboratory, and the parents of two daughters, Eve and Irene.
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Madame Curie and her girls. |
Irene also won the Nobel Prize, in 1935.
Kudos to Pierre and Marie not only for their careers, but for their family. Eve wrote a biography of her mother in 1937. You can buy it on Amazon.
Marie Curie: A Biography by E. Curie
https://www.amazon.com/Madame-Curie-Biography-BIOGRAPHY-Apr-02-2001/dp/B00JHWJKP8/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521747156&sr=1-1&keywords=madame+curie+e+curie+author
But did you know Marie Curie was fearless, brave and dared the horrors of WWI to bring her scientific inventions to the notorious Western Front?
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During World War I, the scientist invented a mobile x-ray unit, called a “Little Curie,” and trained 150 women to operate it. |
How Marie Curie Brought X-Ray Machines To the Battlefield
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-marie-curie-brought-x-ray-machines-to-battlefield-180965240/#6oRDpXoGgo7qC1wr.99 Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv
The recent episode of the television series 'Timeless' references the Petit Curie, Season 2, Episode 1 'The War to End All Wars.'
Quotes from Marie Curie
Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.