Monday, October 20, 2008

Curie (radioactivity)

Date and place of birth:7 November 1867


Life:Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw in 1867, the fifth and youngest child of well-known teachers Bronisława and Władysław Skłodowski.


Discoveries:Her achievements include the creation of a theory of radioactivity (a term coined by her and Pierre), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two new elements, radium and polonium.



Date of death:4 July 1934

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