Marie Curie

Marie was buried in a lead coffin because her body is radioactive.

Marie Curie’s documents are radioactive.

Marie was born in Scotland.

In Paris, Marie got two degrees, one in Physics and one in Biology.

Curie died from a disease caused by radiation.

Pierre Curie died when a car hit him on a busy road.

Marie Curie was the second woman to win a Nobel Prize

Marie’s research helped to disprove the idea that atoms cannot be divided.

In 1898, the Curie’s reported two new elements, polonium and radium.

Dr. Curie and her daughter Irène drove vehicles equipped with X-ray machines in World War One

At first Marie couldn't go to university because she was a woman

Marie did much of her research with her husband, Pierre.

When Marie was a student, she survived on ramen and tea.