Essays Tagged: "Marie Curie"

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4Radioaktivt Avfall 5Anrikning av uran 235 5Säkerhetssystem 5Fakta om Marie Curie 6HistoriaAllt började 1934 då fysikern Enrico Fermi lyckades klyva ur ... er för kyla ner värmen som kan uppstå och ingen brandfara kan uppstå.Fakta om Marie CurieHon föddes den 7:e November 1867 i Warschau. Marie studerade kemi, fysik och matemat ...

(6 pages) 32 0 4.0 May/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The biography of Marie Curie which is titled "She Discovered Radium"

Marie Curie, née Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a second ... rilliant researches and analyses which led to the isolation of polonium, named after the country of Marie's birth, and radium. Mme. Curie developed methods for the separation of radium from radioactiv ...

(2 pages) 61 1 3.3 May/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

A report on Marie Curie.

Marie Curie is one of the most notable scientists in the history of the subject. Her achievements we ... ood in awe as she held the world in wonderment of her sheer greatness in and out of the laboratory. Marie Curie was not just a great scientist, she was a great person.Maria Sklodowska was born in Wars ... s, and noticing she spent very little time socializing due to her intense study, her professor took Marie (as her name was said in French) under his wing. In the spring of 1894, that professor arrange ...

(5 pages) 103 1 4.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Marie Curie

MARIE CURIELIFE OF MARIE CURIEMarie Curie(1867-1934) was a French physicist with many accomplishment ... ie Curie(1867-1934) was a French physicist with many accomplishments in both physics and chemistry. Marie and her husband Pierre, who was also a French physicist, are both famous for their work in rad ... nd on Nov.7, 1867. Her first learning of physics came from her father who taught it in high school. Marie's father must have taught his daughter well because in 1891, she went to Paris(where she chang ...

(3 pages) 61 0 3.0 Jan/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

How Have The Following Factors Influenced Changes In Surgery.

ion.War has helped in many ways to bring about changes in surgery. One of these would definitely be Marie Curie's research into a portable x-ray machine. This was particularly effective because at the ... iscovery future doctors would not have been able to make their discoveries and improve anaesthetics.Marie Curie and Rontgen are two people who have greatly influenced surgery, as with the use of x-ray ...

(8 pages) 65 1 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

This is my biography of Marie Curie. Make sure you include her Nobel prizes, as I forgot them in my report.

Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland, while the country was under Russian con ... her parents worked as teachers, but they lost their jobs following the birth of their fifth child, Marie. Marie was educated through high school as there was no further education available for women ... ended in July of 1898, when the Curies discovered the element polonium (named after the country of Marie's birth). In December of that year, they discovered another element, radium. Ultimately, the ...

(1 pages) 36 0 4.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Marie Curie "Obituary" (assignment was to write an obituary about a famous scientist)

- Paris, FranceThis past Wednesday, in a small nursing home in Sancellmoz, the world lost a legend. Marie Curie passed away at the age of 66, due to pernicious anemia - a severe complication due to pr ... vember of 1891, Marya left Poland and registered at the French university, Sorbonne, under the name Marie Sklodowska.The cost of living was very high in Paris, and despite help from her family back ho ...

(5 pages) 50 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

The Woman Behind Fision: An Abridged Biography of Lise Meitner

ht children; her father was among the first group of Jewish men to practice law in Austria. As with Marie Curie (but rare for a woman at the turn of the century), the intellectual atmosphere that surr ...

(4 pages) 52 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Radioactivity

this discovery to be completely irrelevant and unimportant.A certain woman scientist by the name of Marie Curie used radiation as a method to cure various ailments. This polish scientist worked as a d ... estroy tumors was to embed radium "seeds" that discharged radioactive gas into the specific tissues.Marie Curie was the first to obtain pure samples of Radium. She spent an exuberant amount of time di ...

(3 pages) 38 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Marie Curie, biography and major achievements

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She was renown for her work with radioactivity ... chemistry at Sorbonne. It was during these years that she changed her name to the French spelling, Marie. It was also while studying in Paris that she met Pierre Curie, and not long after, they were ... Paris that she met Pierre Curie, and not long after, they were married in a civil ceremony. Marie and Pierre were devoted to the study of radioactivity, a term that Marie herself coined. They ...

(1 pages) 41 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Technology and Science in the 1910's

ions and the actual inventions portrayed how Americans should live their lives. Albert Einstein and Marie Curie helped make the American Dream possible while the Panama Canal, Titanic, Automobiles and ... eam dose when fully acquired.A wonderful example of womens accomplishments in the 1910's is that of Marie Curie. She was the first woman to win the Noble Prize for Chemistry on November 1911. She late ...

(2 pages) 32 0 4.5 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Marie Curie

Marie CurieBy Daniel Warren11/20/2004Science CompMaria Curie was born November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Po ... nd for being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her work has effect the world in incredible ways.Marie's maiden name was Marya Sklodowska. She changed her first name when she enrolled in school in ... t name when she enrolled in school in 1891, and her last when she married Peter Curie July of 1895. Marie was the youngest of 5 children in her family. Her mother Bronsitwa Boguska was a pianist, sing ...

(6 pages) 34 1 4.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Marie Curie the Hero

Marie Curie is recognized as a hero to some because she shows determination and that if you keep at ... t useful to help other people. She lived a selfless life, uncorrupted by fame. First of all, Marie is admirably known for her accomplishments in science. It took a remarkable woman like her to ... ieved that if you pursue your dream, things that seem like sacrifices do not matter. Lastly, Marie Curie should be admired for her selflessness. Even though she was never wealthy, she donated m ...

(1 pages) 22 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Science Essays

Irene Joliot-Curie: Radiologist

rie was born in Paris on September 12, 1897 a month premature. Her mother, world redound scientist, Marie Curie, had began labor after a long bike ride with her husband, Pierre. Marie had much difficu ... d called her "my wild one".Accomplishments of parents overshadowed Irene's accomplishments in life. Marie accomplished one of the most important discoveries in atomic physic, however Irene's accomplis ...

(3 pages) 21 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Accomplished Life of Marie Curie

The accomplishments Marie Curie has achieved throughout her lifetime are truly incredible. She has undoubtedly changed s ... put up with the inconveniences of a miniature laboratory and the problem of sexual discrimination, Marie Curie defied the odds and proved everyone wrong by her successes and life changing discoveries ... of radioactivity. Born to Bronislwa and Vladislav Sklodowski in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie was in the midst of a struggle Poland was having with Russia, which would lead to some roadblo ...

(7 pages) 38 0 3.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Science Essays

Marie Curie

The ashes of Marie Curie and her husband Pierre have now been laid to rest under the famous dome of the Panth&eac ... id to rest under the famous dome of the Panthéon, in Paris. Through her discovery of radium, Marie Curie paved the way for nuclear physics and cancer therapy. Born of polish parents, she was a ... ce and courage, compassionate yet stubbornly determined. Her research work was to cost her her life.Marie Curie, or rather Marya Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7th, 1867. Born into a famil ...

(3 pages) 17 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Marie Curie

Marie Curie, her birth name was Maria Sklodowski, was born in Warsaw, Poland in November the 7th, 18 ... land in November the 7th, 1867, her original name was Maria Sklodowski. There were five children in Marie's family and she was the youngest. Her parents were teachers so she started learning at an ear ... arning at an early age. Marie had a rough childhood because in 1867 Poland was controlled by Russia.Marie's mother died when she was still young and her father lost his job as a teacher since he was c ...

(2 pages) 29 0 4.2 Feb/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Deconstruction Of Adriene Rich's "Power"

f medicine is a good power.The second stanza is telling a story about something totally opposite of Marie Curie a lady who died trying to purify something. The speaker must have read all this out of a ... our society back then.Next is the explanation of how a lady was terminated by a powerful substance. Marie Curie worked to purify radiation. She wanted to make it clean and safe. To purify water, you t ...

(2 pages) 1926 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Book report about Marie Curie's life.

Marie Curie was born November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire. From childhood she was remark ... an lycee.Her father, a teacher of mathematics and physics, lost his savings through bad investment, Marie had to take work as a teacher and, at the same time, take part clandestinely in the nationalis ... in Paris, on the understanding that Bronia would in turn later help her to get an education.In 1891 Marie Sklodowska went to Paris and began to follow the lectures of Paul Appel, Gabriel Lippmann, and ...

(3 pages) 15 0 5.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers

Nuclear Energy

ce of mass destruction instead of a substitution for oil.Antoine Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie, and Marie Curie discovered Nuclear radiation more than a hundred years ago. Due to the lack of more adva ...

(7 pages) 25 1 3.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Science Essays