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Cool Facts About Marie Curie for Kids
Marie Curie discovered "radioactivity". It is simply when very small particles in objects emit energy or smaller particles.
In 1903, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and with Henry Becquerel for their work on Radioactivity.
Marie Curie was the first woman to won the Nobel Prize.
In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for the discovery of two elements named Radium and Polonium.
Marie Curie became the first person to won the Nobel Prize twice.
Marie Curie is the only person to receive Nobel Prizes for two different sciences.
Marie Curie's daughter Irène and son-in-law, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of artificial radioactivity.
Marie Curie's other son-in-law, Henry Labouisse, received the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1965. This makes 5 Nobel Prize winners in Marie Curie's family.
During the discovery of radioactivity, Marie Curie had to work in an old shed, as there was no space in her regular lab.
During World War I, Marie Curie came up with the idea of mobile x-ray machine. She learned to drive and operate the vehicle herself and treated wounded soldiers.
During the World War I Marie Curie offered to donate her Nobel Prize gold medals, to the French Government.
Marie Curie died of aplastic anaemia, caused by long exposure to radiation.
Marie Curie's notebooks are radioactive even today. They are stored in lead-lined boxes and will likely remain radioactive for 1500 years.
At the age of 18, Marie Curie took a post as governess, to finance the medical studies of her sister.