The woman who became the famous "Madame Marie Curie' was named Maria Sklodowis at birth. Maria was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She was brought up in a middle-incom but very…

The woman who became the famous "Madame Marie Curie' was named Maria Sklodowis at birth. Maria was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She was brought up in a middle-incom but very well-educated family. It was not typical for women at that time, but Maria took a great interest in Chemis and Biology. Since opportunities in Poland for further education were limited, Maria we to Paris. Maria Sklodowska left behind not only her beloved family and her country but very name. She registered at the famous Sorbonne University, Paris, as Marie, the Frenc equivalent of Maria. For obvious reasons, Marie was not as well prepared as her fellow students. Neverthele through hard work she completed master's degrees in both Physics and Maths in only three year After graduating from university Marie started her studies on radioactivity. In 1898, th led to the discovery of two new chemical elements, one of which she named polonium', af her home country. Then four years of extensive research into the properties of radion followed. The discovery of radium greatly influenced the further development of physi and chemistry. It was in Paris, that she met Pierre Curie, a well-known chemist, who had conductel many experiments on crystals. Pierre fell in love with young Marie and asked her to mar him. The two scientists became inseparable, until Pierre's death in a road accident. Due to Marie and Pierre Curie's research, the science of radiation was able to develop The couple investigated the ability of radium to burn away diseased cells in the body whit later was used in medicine, in treatment for cancer. Initially radiotherapy was called 'curietherapy'. The Curies understood the potential value of radium but they did not wis to patent it. They presented their epoch-making discovery to the people for free. For their research on radioactivity the Curies were awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903. In 1911 Marie was awarded a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discoverof actinium and further studies on radium and polonium. Marie continued researching radioactivity, but her main focus shifted to running the Radium Institute. She made the Institute a world centre for measuring the radium content of various products used by doctors and others. Her scientists made lots of amazing discoveries. In 1934. Marie was delighted when her daughter Iréne and Iréne's husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, discovered artificial radioactivity at the Radium Institute. Sadly, Marie Curie did not live to see them receive the Nobel Prize for their achievements in 1935. She was buried next to her husband, Pierre Curie. In 1995 the remains of the pair were transferred to the majestic Pantheon in Paris, where they now lie alongside France's greatest citizens. The president of France declared that the transfer demonstrated the nation's respect for all those, like the Curies, 'who dedicate themselves to science'. сделайте пересказ текста 8 предложений