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Elizabeth Cregan and

Dona Herweck Rice

Consultants

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Lori Oczkus, M.A.

Literacy Consultant

This book was originally reviewed by Sally Ride

Science and Jane Weir, MPhys.

Publishing Credits

Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Managing Editor

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Emily R. Smith, M.A.Ed., Content Director

Stephanie Bernard/Susan Daddis, M.A.Ed ., Editors

Robin Erickson , Senior Graphic Designer

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Image Credits: Cover and p. 1 (front) Colorized by Dana Keller, (back)

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Photo; p. 7 (front) The Print Collector/Alamy Stock Photo, (back)

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18 AFP/Getty Images; p. 19 (top) American Philosophical Society,

(bottom) Yale College class of 1874 class album. Manuscripts &

Archives, Yale University; [. 20 AIP/Science Source; p. 22 SPL/Science

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Table of Contents

Radioactive! ........................ 4

The Girl from Poland ................. 8

Discovering Radium ................. 14

Bringing Her Work to the World ...... 24

The Final Years .................... 26

Glossary ........................... 28

Index ............................. 29

Check It Out! ...................... 30

Try It! ............................ 31

About the Authors .................. 32

Radioactive!

Its like something out of a science ction movie.

Her papers are kept in lead-lined containers. If you

receive permission to study them rsthand, you must

wear protective clothing. The fact is, the documents

are highly radioactive. Exposure to them can be

sickeningeven deadly. Those who want to study the

vast amount of paperwork left behind by the great

twentieth century scientist, Marie Curie, must take

great care not to follow her poisoned path to the grave.

The truth is, Curie is one of the most brilliant,

important, and revolutionary scientists the world has

ever known. She transformed the way people look at the

world of energy and the resources available to us. But in

doing so, she paid the ultimate price. She worked daily

with radioactive materials, long before anyone knew

their dangers. She took detailed notes of her observations

and experiments, as a good scientist does. Little did she

know, her painstaking work was slowly killing her.

Radioactivity

When something gives off energy, it produces

radiation. For example, the sun radiates

heat and light. Curie did not think radiation

was the right word to describe the energy

coming from substances she studied. She

called it radioactivity . It is generated

when the nuclei within the atoms of

radioactive substances break down.

Marie Curie Museum

in Warsaw, Poland

1,500 Years

Many people think that the materials Curie left

behind will stay radioactive for the next 1,500

years. These include her notebooks, clothing,

and furniture. People who are allowed access

to her notebooks must sign a liability waiver .

An Important Scientist

Marie Curie spent her life studying energy called

radiation . In fact, she invented the word radioactive to

describe this energy. Her investigations and experiments

helped other scientists understand how atoms work. Curie

also learned many things that became instrumental in

finding new ways to treat cancer .

Curie was the first woman to win the worlds highest

award for science, the Nobel Prize , in 1903. Her work was

so successful that she won a second Nobel Prize in 1911.

Her husband, Pierre, with whom she won the first prize,

was also a scientist of note. The two worked together until

his untimely death. Their daughter Irne grew up to

become a famous scientist and she, too, won a Nobel Prize.

Irnes two children are also important scientists. They

have continued the family legacy of scientific inquiry.

From her earliest days, Curie was known as a

determined and focused worker and a brilliant scientist.

She would not stop investigating until she found answers

to her questions. Her work with radiation was also

dangerous. She died from aplastic anemia, a cancer of the

blood. It was caused by working with radioactive

materials.

The Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize was rst awarded in 1901.

It is given to men and women for their

work in science, writing, medicine,

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