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SCIENCE GENIUS

We are all familiar with names such as Darwin or Einstein. But in the list of remarkable scientists there are not only men, but really important women as well.

Marie Curie is one of these important women that hasn't gone unnoticed. She was born in Poland in 1867 and moved to Paris in 1891 to study physics and mathematics. There she met her husband, Pierre Curie, with whom she worked along her career. 
They worked really hard investigating radioactivity and discovered a new chemical element: polonium, which was named because of Marie's nationality. They also discovered radium.



 This research was crucial in the development of x-rays in surgery. During World War One, Marie provided ambulances with x-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. She also taught these new techniques to other doctors as leader of the International Red Cross.
She became the first woman to teach at the University of Paris. In adittion, she won two Nobel Prizes: one in 1903 with her husband, and another alone in 1911. Despite this, during all her life she had to face great opposition from male scientists in France and she never received significant financial benefits from her work.
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less"



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