Marie Curie - Maria Sklodowska

Name origin: Maria Sklodowska. Marie Curie more famous than many scientists I have entered in the list of hundred of this book. However, it seems to me, fame is not departed from the scientific importance was done, but more because she was a woman. His career shows, the type of work that may be, a woman capable of scientific investigation that has high quality. On this basis he became very sparkly,
so many people who have the impression that he was the man who discovered radioactive. But in fact radioactive found by Antoine Henri Becquerel. There was undisputed that the priority falls on Becquerel, because only after reading the report Marie Curie Becquerel discovery before he and brother, Pierre, who is also equally talented scientists began investigating the matter.

The real work of an impressive Marie Curie's discovery of chemical elements and the separation of radium. Before this, he has discovered another radioactive element dijulukinya "polonium," taken from the name of his native country, Poland. It's really amazing work, but does not have an outstanding significance in scientific theory.

In 1903, Marie Curie, Pierre Curie and Antoine Henri Becquerel jointly earn the Nobel Prize for physics. And Marie Curie in 1911 to more Nobel Prize, this time for chemistry. This made him the first person to earn the Nobel Prize twice.

Interesting to note that Marie Curie had a small child when he completed the most important scientific investigations. His eldest daughter, Irene, also a scientist who succeeded brilliantly. Irene married a man who was also a talented scientist, Jean Frederic Joliot. A husband and wife together to find radioactive artificial (artificial). For this discovery (which can be considered a "descendant" of the discovery of natural radioactive!) Cause Joliot and Curie shared the Nobel Prize in 1935. The second daughter of Marie Curie, Eve, a famous musician and author. Is really a wonderful family!

Nonya Marie Curie died in 1934, got leukemia. Most likely due to repeatedly deal with objects that contain radioactive. Michael H. Hart,One hundred most influential figures in the history.