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                                                     Marie Curie
                                                   Physicist, Scientist
                                               Born 1867 - Died 1934

1.  Why did Manya (Marie) have to sleep on the couch when she was a child?

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2.  How did her father reward her for her good grades when she graduated from high school?

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3.  How were she and her sister, Bronya, able to afford a college education?

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4.  What three degrees did she earn at the Sorbonne  in Paris?

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5.  What wedding present did Marie give her husband Pierre?

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6.  What two new radioactive elements did Marie and Pierre discover?

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7.  What honor and award did they receive in 1903?

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8.  What tragedy happened in their lives ?

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9.  What did Marie do to help out during the First World War?

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10.  How did Marie Curie die?

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11.  How are people today benefitting from the work of Marie Curie?

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Biography at gardenofpraise.com