高英 unit5 Force of Nature.pptVIP

Unit 5 Force of Naturemade by 英教102班陈丹刘秀梅 Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a Polish-born French woman scientist who won Nobel Prizes twice in physics chemistry. Her biggest achievements was that she found radioactive element Radium with her husband. she was honored by “The Mother of Radium” The major events of Marie Curie * In 1878, when Curie was ten years old, her mother died of tuberculosis(肺结核.). The polish girl carried on with her schoolwork as if nothing had happened, but for months she shed unseen tears. At age 18,she got a job as governess to a wealth family near Warsaw.