Marie Curie

MARIE CURIEBy Lupine

INTELLIGENT At age 24 she was going to the University of Paris then she went to Sorbonne, a college in Paris.

MARIE CURIE WITH ALBERT EINSTEIN

Marie Curie (left) meeting Albert Einstein (right)

SNEAKY She convinced her cousin to smuggle her into the Museum of Industry and Agriculture, which was actually an underground training laboratory for Polish scientists.

MARIE CURIE AND PIERRE CURIEMarie Curie (far right) with Pierre Curie (middle) in their science lab.

BRAINY Her skills spread among the academic community. She was awarded a scholarship set aside for Polish students.

BORN AND EARLY YEARSBORN Marie Curie was born on November 7,

1867 in Warsaw, Poland.

EARLY YEARS Zosia and Broniswala (sisters) died

when Marie was ten years old.

SCHOOL Marie was able to study at the floating

school, a school she always wanted to go to.

A while after going to the floating school, Marie went to Sorbonne, a school in Paris.

SPECIAL INTERESTS She wanted to got to France to enroll at

the University of Paris.

She was interested in uranium rays as a subject for her dissertation.

FAMILY LIFE AND JOB FAMILY LIFE1897 – Curie gave birth to a daughter

named Irene

JOBShe was a Polish chemist.

LATER YEARS AND SPECIAL THINGSFAMILY LIFEJuly 26,1895 – She married Pierre Curie

SPECIAL THINGSShe was one of the best chemists.

BIBLIOGRAPHY "Curie, Marie." Leaders of the

Information Age. 2003. Biography Reference Bank. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.