Maria Sklodowska Research Paper

Maria Sklodowska, also known as Marie Curie, was a Polish scientist who had a passion for success. Marie was raised in Poland and traveled to get the best education that was available to her.1 She soon became a very successful physicist and chemist. Marie Curie’s research and discoveries did not die along with her. It is all still here, helping many people.
Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867.1 She was raised in Poland by a family of prominent educators. Marie was the youngest of five children and took after her father who was a math and physics instructor.1 Sadly, ate the age of ten, Marie’s mother died to tuberculosis.1 That did not stop Marie. She continued going for her goal to be successful in the field of science. Higher education was not available for girls in Poland2, so she continued her education in Warsaw's "floating university," a set of underground informal classes held in secret.1 For five years Marie worked as a tutor and governess, for the money, and studied on her spare time.1 Then in 1891, Marie
One of those things is the field of radiation therapy for cancer. Medical use of x-rays became a possibility because of Marie.2 Without Marie’s research, there would be no such thing. This therapy has saved many people’s life. Another thing to remember Marie by is the winning of her two Nobel prizes. Marie is known as the first women to win a Nobel Prize and the only one to win it in two different categories.1 Marie Curie also has a monument in Lublin, Poland.1 This monument was made on October 4, 2007.1 It is a statue of Marie holding a book in her right hand. The statue is resting on a large concrete block that reads “Marie Sklodowska- Curie, Stolica 1935”.3 Many people also remember Marie by this quote: “I believe that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician; he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy