1、The Scientist I Admire Most Contentswas Marie Curie?Whowere her contributions?WhatI admire her most?WhyWho was Marie Curie?vMarie Curie(1867-1934)is a Polish-born French physicist and chemist.vShe is the first woman to win two Nobel prizes.The contributions of Marie Curie vWork with UraniumvWork wit
2、h PoloniumvWork with radiumvWork with Uraniumv Discovered that if you have a certain amount of uranium,then you get a certain amount of ray intensity,no matter what you did to the material.vWork with PoloniumvThey called this new substance polonium in honor of Maries homeland.vIn July 1898 they extr
3、acted a new element that was even more radioactive than uranium.vWork with radiumvAnother new element was discovered that was over 1 million times more radioactive than uranium,it was named radium.v Isolated pure radium metal.vRadium is silver-white in color.vIn 1903 for their work with X-rays.vIn 1
4、911 for her work with radium.Why I admire her most?vDiscoverer of the radioactive elements polonium and radium.vAs the first woman to win two Nobel prizes.vHer moral qualities inspirit us.vHer moral qualities motivate us.“The weak one sits and waits the opportunity;The powerhouse makes the opportuni
5、ty.”vher early effortsvHer mother was a pianist,singer,and teachervHer father was a professor of math and physicsvHer mother died of tuberculosis when Marya was 11v Her strength and confidence Life is not easy for any of us.We must work,and above all we must believe in ourselves.We must believe that
6、 each one of us is able to do something well,and that,when we discover what this something is,we must work hard at it until we succeed.v Her unselfish dedication spirit Science belongs to mankind,I am to discover radium,and I should contribute it to the people.v Her attitude to honor In all famous p
7、ersons,the madam curie is the only person who isnt decayed by the honor.Late LifevMarie died on July 14,1934.Marie and her older sister,Bronya,dreamed of studying in France at the Sorbonne.Their father,however,did not earn enough money to send them there.Marie worked very hard for six years to pay f
8、or sisters studies.Again Marie worked.She studied in a small room without heat or light.She lived on bread and tea most of the time,but all she ever thought of was her mathematics and science.This was her would,and above all,she liked her experiments.SchoolingvGraduated high school when she was 15v
9、In 1891 she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris as“Marie”and graduated in 1893 Pierrev She married Pierre Curie in July 1895 One of her friends come to visit her and see her little daughter playing her gold medal,so she said surprisely:madam curie,received a medal of British royal society is the highest honor,how can you have fun for kid?The madam curie smiled to say:I want to make the kid known the honor like a toy,we can play,and can not deem it too important,otherwise we can do nothing.v Her attitude to honor23 以上有不当之处，请大家给与批评指正，谢以上有不当之处，请大家给与批评指正，谢谢大家！谢大家！
