Name
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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