Title: Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium
Author: Carla Killough McClafferty
Pages: 134
Genre: Biography
Currently reading only my 2nd biography chosen, Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium, and it's basically about how Marie Curie (born Maria Sklodowska) got to what she had. So far as I have reached, she has tried really hard to collext enough money to study at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France. She gave up 4 years to work and gather money for her sister, Bronya for her tuition at the Sorbonne. After 4 years, Marie got very tired of working, and her father decided to help her, by paying her tuition (together with her brother) so that she could go to the Sorbonne. Another main event in her life was the wedding wiyh Pierre, her husband. Pierre studied at the University too, soon than became a professor. Both Marie and Pierre were into physics and chemistry, and they worked togetheron the discovery of Radium and Polonium.
The one very unique fact I found out about Marie was that she spoke 5 languages before getting accepted to University, yet she still hasn't had the highest chances sue to gender discrimination (women not allowed ito study, therefore France gave her more freedom.
*She spoke: English, French, Russian, German, and of course her native mother tounge - Polish*
Wow! She spoke FIVE languages? I'm having a lot of trouble with just two! That's a really cool fact. :)
ReplyDelete5! Thats a lot of languages! I enjoyed reading about her life's struggle, she seems like a very intersting woman.
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