8. Marie and Pierre Curie - World's Famous Love Story

Marie and Pierre were the pioneering researchers and perfect amalgamation of love and brains.

Marie was born in Poland in 1867. Unable to continue her studies further she moved to Paris in 1891, to continue her studies at the Sorbonne. Here she obtained Licenciateships in Physics and the Mathematical Sciences.

Marie was bright, intelligent and very keen on studies. She didn't spare a single minute and used to study voraciously in laboratory or library. In one of the laboratories she caught the eye of Pierre. It was the intelligence and diligence of Marie that attracted Pierre Curie, Professor in the school Physics towards her. He fancied her and made several unsuccessful marriage proposals to woo her. After some time they married in 1895. Marie together with her husband began their partnership for researches. They faced many difficult conditions and Lab conditions were very poor. They both even took up teaching to earn a livelihood. Finally they found success in 1898 when Curie's discovered polonium and radium. For this Curies along with Henri Becquerel won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 for discovering radioactivity.

Marie Curie was devastated following the death of Pierre in 1906. She later took ahead her husband's work and was appointed Professor of General Physics. She got success and Nobel Prize in 1911 in Chemistry. But amidst lectures, success and fame Mari always missed her husband. In 1934 Marie Curie died of Leukemia.


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