Unit 1 Madame Curie

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About Madame Curie
　　Madame Curie(Marie Curie,1867-1934),the greatest woman scientist, played an important role in the development of modern physics. Her discovery of radium opened the treasure-house of atomic energy. In 1903 Madame Curie and her husband Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize for physics. After Pierre Curie's death in 1906,Madame Curie became the first woman professor at the Sorbonne (巴黎大学). In 1911 she was awarded a second Noble Prize, this time for chemistry, for her discovery of radium and polonium. Later she worked on the application of radioactivity to medicine.
　　Madame Curie fought a continuous battle throughout her life. She was born into a teacher's family. Her father was a teacher of physics,her mother the principal of a primary school. Her interest in science was encouraged by her father. From her early childhood, she loved to study and hoped to become a scientist. After her graduation from middle school at the age of sixteen, she had to make money by giving private lessons at night in order to go abroad to continue her study. In 1891,at the age of twenty-four, she left for Paris and entered Paris University. She lived a simple life and studied very hard. She used to keep on working under the faint light of an oil lamp until the early hours of the morning. She graduated with the highest grades in her class. After graduation she did her scientific research work in Paris University. In 1895,she married Pierre Curie, a French physicist. Pierre joined Marie in her research. Finally they succeeded in 1902.