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by Megan Stine

ولدت في مدينة وارسو في بولندا في السابع من نوفمبر سنة 1867. كانت الجامعات في وارسو مخصصة للذكور فقط ومن المحرم على النساء الدراسة فيها فاضطرت ماري للذهاب إلى جامعة السوربون في باريس ودرست الفيزياء والرياضيات، وهناك قابلت البروفيسور بيير كوري وتزوجا وكونا أشهر شراكة علمية في التاريخ كزوجين. معًا اكتشفا عنصرين وفازا بجائزة نوبل عام 1903. لاحقًا في عام 1911 فازت ماري بجائزة نوبل أخرى في الكيمياء!

توفيت في مدينة سافوا في فرنسا في اليوم الرابع من جولاي عام 1934 بسبب التعرض المستمر للإشعاعات السامة.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, History, Science, Childrens, Middle Grade, Audiobook

103 pages, Unknown Binding

First published August 7, 2014

About the author

Megan Stine is the Editor-in-Chief of Real U Guides and the author of more than 100 books for young readers including Trauma-Rama, an etiquette book for teenagers published by Seventeen magazine, and several titles in a series based on the popular 1990’s television series Party of Five. A frequent writer of books in the enormously popular Mary-Kate and Ashley series, she is the best-selling author of Likes Me, Likes Me Not and Instant Boyfriend. She has worked with CBS and ABC in developing comedy and drama television pilots, and has written comedy material for a well-known radio personality in New York.

When she isn’t writing, she is a portrait and fine art photographer and a contributing photographer for the Real U series of guides.

Reviews

[Shaikhah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing story ...

[Sandra Deaconu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aș fi curioasă cum ar decurge un sondaj. Câți copii/adolescenți cunosc realizările extraordinare ale acestei femei și câți au Tik-Tok sau cum s-o numi aplicația aia? Altă întrebare. Câte femei au citit despre lupta dusă de Marie Curie și câte își fac poze cu filtrele acelea cu mustăți și urechi de iepure? Mai am doar una. Câți bărbați o admiră pe Marie Curie și câți visează la o aproape-femeie ca una dintre surorile Kardashian (parcă așa se scrie)?

[luisa ☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The essay is written now I have to do a slideshow about her. Send help 😭 She's surprising though, when you think she couldn't possibly accomplish more, she does.

[Sadie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! What a remarkable woman! Incredible scientist, woman, homeschooling mom, mothering widow, and Nobel Prize recipient. I didn’t realize how much Elizabeth Zott in Lessons in Chemistry was built off of Marie Curie!

[AMY · Rating 5 out of 5]

106 pages. This biography features a famous female scientist who never stopped working. She didn’t let anything get in her way to advance her education, her interest or experimentation with elements. Women were not allowed to go to some colleges or be a member of some professional groups. However, Marie was able to open doors that were otherwise closed to women. It was a very inspiring book. I think kids will enjoy learning about her, especially girls. Highly recommended for Grade 5 and up.

[Sofia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought the book was very informing. In the beginning, I knew very little of Marie Curie and what she had discovered. After reading, I understood much more!

[Travis]

This book is biography about a woman name Marie Curie, and the book takes you through her life starting when she was born until when she died, Here is some things in this book. Marie Curie enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. when she arrived she ended up meeting a man named Pierre Curie. Both of them ended up becoming famous, they discovered two elements radium and polonium, and won a Nobel Prize. Marie Curie also won an award for chemistry. Marie passed away on July 4, 1934, because she was exposed for many years to toxic radiation.

[Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter had me read this as I honestly didn’t know much about Marie curie. Glad I read!

[CHLOE PARK · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because it was about science.

[Louisa Magee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very quick read!

[Michelle Mormul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute little book for children

[Kat B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Got this for my son and read it too! Love Marie’s story ☢️

[Tasneem Nassar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good summary!

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful woman to read about on International Woman's Day! She had a fascinating and challenging life. We should all be thankful for her contributions to science.

[Piyush Laad · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a tragic life story of Madame Marie Curie yet her brilliance pays for her achievements for a lifetime. A very well written book covering all the important events of her life. It would have been more interesting if stories about discoveries written in more details. Overall a good book to read.

[Sylvia "Chivy" · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read.

[Reving · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Dang Minh Ngoc · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who Was Marie Curie? by Megan Stine

Giới thiệu nội dung

Chân Dung Những Người Thay Đổi Thế Giới: Marie Curie Là Ai? thuộc bộ sách gồm 21 quyển: Chân Dung Những Người Thay Đổi Thế Giới. Quyển sách nói về Marie Curie, người phụ nữ đã vượt qua định kiến xã hội thời bấy giờ và trở thành nhà khoa học nữ đầu tiên nhận giải Nobel. Tên tuổi của bà còn mãi sau này nhờ những phát minh và khám phá thay đổi thế giới.

Tổng quan

Chân Dung Những Người Thay Đổi Thế Giới: Marie Curie Là Ai? viết về Marie Curie, nhà khoa học nữ đầu tiên nhận giải thưởng Nobel danh giá. Đam mê học hỏi và cố gắng không ngừng nghỉ đã đưa danh tiếng Curie vượt khỏi định kiến về giới tính để lan rộng toàn thế giới.

Tìm hiểu hành trình từ người có gia cảnh thiếu thốn đến nhà khoa học vĩ đại của Curie qua ba nội dung chính của quyển sách Chân Dung Những Người Thay Đổi Thế Giới: Marie Curie Là Ai?

Nội dung thứ nhất: Tuổi thơ của cô bé ham học.

Marie Curie tên thật là Maria Sklodowska, sinh ngày 7/11/1867 tại Tây Ban Nha. Cô là con út trong một gia đình gồm năm anh chị em. Cha mẹ đều là giáo viên và rất quan tâm đến việc học của các con nên Maria có nhiều cơ hội để học tập và tiếp thu nhiều kiến thức mới.

Thời điểm Maria sinh ra, Tây Ban Nha vẫn là thuộc địa bị các nước xâu xé và nơi cô sinh sống thuộc sự cai quản của Nga. Người Nga đặt ra những luật lệ hà khắc về giáo dục như cấm sử dụng tiếng Ba Lan hay dạy về lịch sử Ba Lan. Vượt trên những điều đó, cha của Maria - một người giàu lòng tự hào về dòng máu Ba Lan, đã dạy cô phải yêu đất nước mình.

Từ nhỏ, Maria đã tỏ ra là đứa bé phi thường, lanh lợi, hay tò mò. Cha cô thường khéo léo biến cuộc trò chuyện hay những trò chơi thành bài giảng dành cho con gái. Maria rất kính trọng và chăm chú lắng nghe cha mình. Biến cố xảy đến khi mẹ của Maria qua đời. Vì không muốn con dừng việc học, cha đã gửi cô đến một trường Nga nổi tiếng nghiêm khắc. Vào năm 1883, Maria trở thành người đầu tiên tốt nghiệp trung học khi mới 15 tuổi và được nhà trường trao danh hiệu học sinh ưu tú.

Do điều kiện gia đình chỉ có thể lo cho người anh trai nên cô và chị gái chưa được học đại học. Thêm vào đó, Đại học Vacsava không nhận nữ sinh. Maria cùng chị tham gia các lớp học tại một trường đại học do một phụ nữ tên Jadwiga Dawidowa bí mật mở. Tuy vậy, sâu trong hai chị em vẫn khao khát được theo học tại một ngôi trường đại học thực thụ có nhận nữ sinh ở châu u, đó là: Đại học Sorbonne.
Sang Paris, Maria đổi tên thành Marie. Để có thể theo đuổi việc học, Marie cố gắng vượt qua cuộc sống khó khăn. Những bữa ăn thiếu thốn, những lần ngất lịm đi trong thư viện vì đói, hay những đêm đông chỉ cố gắng đắp chăn kín người vì không đủ tiền mua than củi để sưởi ấm,... cũng không làm khó được cô. Marie đã chăm chỉ học tập, rèn luyện để phát âm thật chuẩn tiếng Pháp và tốt nghiệp với thành tích là người đứng đầu lớp. Trong năm này, cô nhận được học bổng nghiên cứu và chọn học toán, bước đầu dấn thân vào con đường nghiên cứu khoa học.

Nội dung thứ 2: Khám phá về kim loại phóng xạ.

Marie được giảng viên giới thiệu cho một công việc trong phòng nghiên cứu ở Sorbonne và được giao nghiên cứu từ trường và thép. Nhờ thế mà cô có cơ hội gặp gỡ Pierre Curie, người sau này trở thành chồng và cũng là người cùng cô nghiên cứu về kim loại phóng xạ.

Sau khi kết hôn, Marie dành phần lớn thời gian ở phòng thí nghiệm. Dù điều kiện ở đây thiếu thốn nhưng cô không bận tâm, chỉ một lòng chú tâm vào việc nghiên cứu. Cô đặt mục tiêu thực hiện một số nghiên cứu khoa học để lấy bằng tiến sĩ, và Marie chọn tìm hiểu về tia Becquerel. Marie đã phát hiện một nguyên tố mới mà thế giới chưa từng biết đến. Cô gọi kim loại mình vừa tìm thấy là Poloni. Dựa trên ngôn ngữ ở quê hương Ba Lan của mình, Marie đã nghĩ ra tên gọi các tia sáng phát ra từ kim loại là tia phóng xạ. Tuy nhiên, khám phá này của cô chưa được công nhận, thậm chi Marie còn không được vào Viện Hàn lâm chỉ vì cô là phụ nữ.

Để chứng minh nghiên cứu của mình, Marie đã nỗ lực hơn nữa. Cô cùng chồng phát hiện ra kim loại khác có tia phóng xạ mạnh hơn Poloni, gọi là Rađi. Qua bốn năm, cô đã lọc ra được kim loại Rađi từ quặng. Nghiên cứu của cô đã được các nhà khoa học khác kiểm tra lại và họ công nhận cô đã đúng.
Năm 1903, Marie và Pierre thắng giải Nobel, họ chia sẻ giải thưởng này với Henri Becquerel. Những năm sau đó, cô tiếp tục công việc nghiên cứu và giảng dạy ở Sorbonne. Marie được đề cử vị trí nữ viện sĩ đầu tiên của Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học Pháp. Tuy nhiên, nước Pháp lúc này vẫn chưa có khái niệm đối xử bình đắng với phụ nữ nên kết quả hiển nhiên là Marie không trúng cử. Năm 1911, cô được trao thêm một giải thưởng Nobel nữa - một giải thưởng trọn vẹn của riêng cô.

Xuyên suốt lịch sử, chỉ có ba người nhận giải Nobel hai lần, và Marie là một trong số họ. Nghiên cứu của cô đã mở ra những cánh cửa tri thức mới, giúp trả lời những câu hỏi về năng lượng và sự phát sáng của Urani - thứ về sau đã trở thành nguyên liệu chế tạo bom và năng lượng hạt nhân. Marie cũng nghiên cứu ra việc có thể dùng Radi để điều trị ung thư và dùng những năm tháng cuối đời của mình để nghiên cứu về nó. Với những thành tựu trên, Marie Curie đã ghi tên mình vào danh sách những danh nhân thay đổi thế giới.

Nội dung thứ 3: Tình yêu và dư luận xã hội.

Bên cạnh những thành tựu khoa học mà Marie Curie đã đạt được thì đời sống của cô cũng gây ra nhiều tranh luận trong xã hội thời bấy giờ.
Mối tình đầu của Maire không có kết quả. Thời niên thiếu, cô làm gia sư cho một gia đình giàu có ở nông thôn. Tại đây, cô gặp gỡ người con trai cả là Kazimierz. Cả hai nhanh chóng phải lòng nhau nhưng mối tình đã vấp phải sự phản đối của gia đình Kaz: họ cho rằng cô không xứng với con trai họ. Khi đó, Marie rất tủi thân khi phải sống dưới ánh mắt những người coi thường mình.

Marie mang trái tim bị tổn thương đến Paris. Cô gặp được Pierre Curie. Hai người nhanh chóng bị ấn tượng bởi tính cách, niềm đam mê khoa học và gia cảnh tương đương ở đối phương. Pierre đã sớm yêu Marie và muốn kết hôn cùng cô, nhưng nỗi tổn thương trong quá khứ khiến Marie vẫn còn ngại ngần. Khi cô trở về quê nhà Vacsava, Pierre viết thư cho cô với mong muốn cô trở lại Paris, thậm chí anh sẵn sàng rời khỏi quê hương của mình để đến Ba Lan sống cùng CÔ.

Cuối cùng, Marie nhận ra tấm lòng chân thành của Pierre, và anh thật sự là nửa còn lại của cô. Họ kết hôn vào ngày 26/7/1895. Cả hai nhanh chóng chìm vào đam mê công việc thí nghiệm. Giải Nobel khiến cặp đôi trở nên nổi tiếng. Họ dùng số tiền được thưởng từ giải thưởng dành cho gia đình, và tận hưởng cuộc sống hạnh phúc.

Tuy nhiên, một biến cố lớn đã xảy ra vào ngày 19/4/1906: Pierre mất trong một vụ tai nạn. Maire đau đớn khôn nguôi khi nghe tin này. Hạnh phúc trọn vẹn chợt biến mất, hy vọng sống của cô lúc này chỉ còn hai người con là Irene và Eve. Sau biến cố ấy, Marie tìm được tình yêu lần nữa với Paul Langevin - một người đã có gia đình. Vụ việc bị phanh phui khiến cho danh tiếng của Marie suy giảm trầm trọng, thậm chí còn suýt ảnh hưởng đến việc nhận giải Nobel lần hai của cô.
Trong những năm tháng cuối đời, Marie nghiên cứu tại Viện Curie. Cô con gái Irene đã trở thành đồng nghiệp và cùng bà thảo luận về khoa học. Do ảnh hưởng từ độc tố của Rađi, cơ thể của Marie bị tàn phá nghiêm trọng và bà mất ngày 4/7/1934, hưởng thọ 66 tuổi. Hai người con đã chôn cất bà cạnh Pierre Curie để hai người mãi được bên nhau.

Bạn thân mến, chúng ta vừa cùng nhau tìm hiểu về cuộc đời nhà khoa học nữ đầu tiên trên thế giới qua tóm tắt sách Chân Dung Những Người Thay Đối Thế Giới: Marie Curie Là Ai?. Bên cạnh những thành tựu của mình, Marie Curie còn được ngưỡng mộ bởi tinh thần cầu thị quật cường, đã vượt qua định kiến xã hội đương thời để theo đuổi đam mê học tập và nghiên cứu của mình. Giờ đây, tên tuổi cô được tôn vinh ở nhiều nơi trên thế giới và cô xứng đáng với mọi sự tôn trọng, ngưỡng mộ của mọi người dành cho mình.

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[Klinton Saha · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Marie Curie is dead to the world. She is a scientist walled behind her grief."



মেরি কুরি যখন পোল্যান্ডে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন তখন পোল্যান্ড ছিল প্রতিবেশী রাশিয়ার দখলে। রাশিয়ার কঠোর দমননীতি পোল্যান্ড অধিবাসীদের মারাত্মকভাবে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত করে। তাদের নিজস্ব সংস্কৃতি কিংবা ভাষায় কথা বলা পর্যন্ত নিষিদ্ধ ছিল। এই অস্থির সময়ে বড় হতে থাকে মেরি।তার ডাকনাম ছিল মানিয়া। ছোটবেলা থেকেই বিজ্ঞানের প্রতি ছিল তার বিশেষ অনুরাগ।সেই সময় মেয়েদের বিজ্ঞানচর্চা ও উচ্চ পড়াশোনা নিষিদ্ধ ছিল। অবশ্য সর্বন ইউনিভার্সিটিতে মেয়েদের পড়াশোনার সুযোগ ছিল।
অল্প বয়সে মা ও বড় বোনকে হারিয়ে বিপর্যস্ত মেরি সর্বনে পড়ার স্বপ্ন দেখে যান। আর্থিক সমস্যা ছোটবেলা থেকেই ছিল। অনেক বাধা পেরিয়ে তিনি প্যারিসে সর্বন ইউনিভার্সিটিতে ভর্তি হলেন।প্যারিসে থাকাকালে তার সাথে পরিচয় হয় পিয়ের কুরির সাথে। দুজনে একসাথে সংসার পাতলেন এবং গবেষণায় নিযুক্ত হলেন।১৮৯৮ সালে তারা রেডিয়াম ও পোলেনিয়াম মৌল আবিষ্কার করেন।(স্বদেশ পোল্যান্ডকে সম্মান দেখিয়ে মৌলের নাম পোলেনিয়াম দেন) কিন্তু ১৯০৩ সালে নোবেল কমিটি মেরি কুরিকে বাদ দিয়ে পিয়ের কুরি ও বেকেরেলকে নোবেল পুরস্কারের জন্য মনোনীত করে।এতে অপমানিত হয়ে পিয়ের প্রতিবাদ করে । অবশেষে নোবেল কমিটি মেরি কুরির নামও ঘোষণা করে।
তেজস্ক্রিয় পদার্থ নিয়ে কাজ করতে গিয়ে পিয়ের কুরি ব্যাপকভাবে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হন ও গাড়ি দুর্ঘটনায় তিনি মারা যান।স্বামী ও গবেষণা সঙ্গীকে হারিয়ে বিপর্যস্ত মেরি দুই মেয়েকে একাই বড় করতে থাকেন। মেরির এই একাকীত্বে তাকে সঙ্গ দেন ল্যাব সহকারী ও বিজ্ঞানী পল ল্যানজেভঁ। কিন্তু তিনি বিবাহিত ছিলেন।তার স্ত্রী তাদের এই সম্পর্ক নিয়ে কুৎসা রটাতে থাকেন। ফলশ্রুতিতে বিভিন্ন পত্র পত্রিকায় মেরিকে নিয়ে মসলাদার খবর পরিবেশন হতে থাকে।এর মধ্যে মেরি দ্বিতীয়বার রসায়নে নোবেল পুরস্কারের জন্য মনোনীত হন।পত্র-পত্রিকার রসালো ঘটনা শুনে নোবেল কমিটি তাকে পুরস্কার নিতে না আসার জন্য বলেন। কিন্তু ব্যক্তিগত জীবনকে গবেষণা জীবনের সাথে না জড়িয়ে মেরি নোবেল গ্রহন করেন।
এদিকে ১ম বিশ্বযুদ্ধ এসে গেল। জার্মান ফ্রান্স দখল করলে তিনি রেডিয়াম ভর্তি সুটকেস নিয়ে লুকিয়ে পড়েন।কারণ তিনি চাননি এই তেজস্ক্রিয় মৌল খারাপ উদ্দেশ্যে ব্যবহার হোক। যদিও বিভিন্ন কোম্পানি তেজস্ক্রিয়তা সম্পর্কে না জেনে এর অপব্যবহার শুরু করেছিল।যুদ্ধে আহত সৈনিকদের সাহায্যের জন্য মেরি বড় মেয়ে ইরিনকে (ইরিন ও তার স্বামী কৃত্রিম তেজস্ক্রিয়তা নিয়ে গবেষণা করে নোবেল পুরস্কার পান) নিয়ে যুদ্ধ ক্ষেত্রে 'লিটল কুরি' নামক এক্সরে মেশিন নিয়ে সাহায্যার্থে এগিয়ে আসেন। বিজ্ঞানের প্রতি নিবেদিত এই নারী তেজস্ক্রিয়তার প্রভাবে এপ্লাস্টিক অ্যানিমিয়ায় আক্রান্ত হয়ে মারা যান।

নারী ও পোল্যান্ডের অধিবাসী হওয়ার কারণে তিনি বারবার লোকজনের কটাক্ষের স্বীকার হন।এমনও হয়েছে তাকে মেয়েদের নিয়ে লুকিয়ে থাকতে হয়েছে।নিরলস পরিশ্রমী এই নারী ব্যক্তিগত আক্রমণেও পিছিয়ে পড়েননি।বিজ্ঞানে দুই দুটো নোবেল অন্য কোনো নারীর কিন্তু নেই। বিজ্ঞানচর্চায় নারীদের অগ্রদূত এই অসামান্য নারীকে জানাই আমার কুর্নিশ।

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once there was a girl called Maria she was the youngest of five children. When she started school she was the best student in the class, One particular grade her teacher even told her to take a break from school. There however Maria did not take a break from school, instead her father sent her to a hard Russian school. Maria would rather go to her normal school, because there were Russian officers making unfair laws in Poland where she lived. Plus her father didn’t like the laws too, he told them be unkind to Russians. One day when Maria and her friend were walking from school they saw a Russian statue so they spat on it. Soon her father lost is job so he now teaches at their house. That also means there is more bacteria in the house so Maria’s sister Zofia got a disease and died four years later Maria’s mother died Maria became deeply sad. Since Maria wasn’t old enough to marry her father decided to let her have a break. So Maria lived happily with her uncle for some years. Finally she can go to university most of them didn’t like girls so a lady who knew Maria’s problem invented the flying university they had to keep moving or else officers will know there speaking Polish. They soon found Sorbonne a school that accepted women. Maria’s sister would be studying first then she. Luckily she was teaching since she was so good at Sienese she met the family’s brother he and Maria fell in love. Maria became sad then because the family thought she was more of a maid kind. Soon her sister graduated from Sorbonne and found a husband. Soon Maria graduated from Sorbonne and had a husband too. They had a daughter named Irene. Soon Maria noticed radium now all her stuff and had radium on it her husband has it too. They became scientists. Now she was about to win a novel prize the place to get was to far so she and her husband Pierre said no. Again they said Maria was about to win another novel prize this time she went. With radium she was very weak but she was able to get another child she named her Eve. Then when Eve grew up they got a feast with the king and Maria was givin a medal because she was very good at science. Then her husband was dead because something on the road happened. Maria was very sad. Soon Maria felt very weak her daughter Eve took her to the mountains to rest, but it didn’t help. So Maria died. Irene that time had children whatever please remember Marie!!!

[Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have your children read these.

[Lucia · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter chose to be Marie Curie for her famous person project and read this book for research. She said it was a great book so I read it too. This is a wonderful book for a child doing a project on Marie Curie to read or for anyone interested in this amazing person. It is clear and succinct, containing all the important information you would need to know, but is also very interesting. I thought I knew a lot about Marie Curie, but I learned so much more. She was incredible! We know she was the first woman to win a Noble Prize for her discovery of radiation and the first person to win two for her discovery of radium and polonium, but she remains today the only person to have two in science. She was also the first woman in Europe to get a doctorate degree and to be a professor. She invented to mobile x-ray unit to help soldiers during WWI and she started the Radium institute, all in the early 1900s when not only were women not scientists, they didn't even go to college! She was denied the right to make an acceptance speech for her Nobel Prize because she was a woman, she was asked to decline the second one when news of an affair leaked out and she refused, saying her personal life has nothing to do with her scientific accomplishments. (This would never have happened to a man!). She is an amazing inspiration for little girls and women in science and this is a must read for all little girls to unlock their scientific potential!!!!

[Maya M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maya Margalit 11/22/16
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This book was about the scientist Marie Curie. Marie Curie discovered a new metal and was the first lady to win a Nobel Prize. She watched her father as he worked and admire his little bottles he kept on a shelf. She lived in Poland and went to a school where she had to speak a different language. When she grow older she worked as a governess and fell in love with the son of the family she worked for. But they forbade her from marrying their son so she moved to France to find the love of her life who also loved science. when she discovered the radioactive metal she won another Nobel Prize but her husband refused because he said Marie was sick. A while later she died of radioactive poisoning and her cloths and papers where too radioactive to touch. She now lie dead next to her beloved husband. Rest in peace Marie, Rest in peace.

[Jahnavi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these books . These books are non - fiction books written in a story. By these books we will get a clear idea about the famous personalities. I have completed reading 4 books in this series and I loved them dearly. I loved this book a lot and moreover this is a quick read. Make sure you read it. Reccomented for kids.


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[Saleh 2008 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's hard to get reluctant readers to read anything, let alone biographies which is why I love this series. Each book tells the story of someone fantastic from history in an accessible way. The illustrations are great for bringing the story to life. As an adult, it only takes about 20-25 min to read one book but for a lot of kids, it's a real accomplishment finishing one of these.

I usually leave each book feeling wildly impressed with who I just read about, I don't know why, but I didn't feel that way after reading this book. Marie Curie was amazing - she was a forward thinking female scientist at a time when that was a "highly discouraged," career path for woman. I was kind of surprised that when I was finished I felt more "meh" than anything else. I don't know if was my mood or the way the story unfolded - I don't know, but that's how I felt.

I admire how Marie lived her life to the fullest, whatever she was doing. She never let anything stand in her way to stop her from doing what she wanted to do.

Here's some interesting things I learned about Madame Curie:

*She spoke five languages.

*She graduated from high school at age 15 and even won a gold medal for being the best student.

*It was illegal for women in Warsaw to attend college so a woman named Jadwiga Dawidowa started a secret university for women. Some of the smartest writers and scientists agreed to teach. It became known as the "Flying University" because they had to keep moving the location so Russian police wouldn't discover it. Marie and her sister both attended.

*Marie wanted to attend the Sorbonne in Paris. She lived in a tiny one bedroom apartment. She cooked her meals over an alcohol lamp. She couldn't always afford food and coal. To keep warm she would pile all her clothes on top of her when she slept. It's so inspiring to me what people do for a chance to be educated. I try to teach my students to be grateful for the opportunities they have, even if it's sometimes boring and not their favorite thing.

*When Marie entered the science department there were 1,825 students and only 23 were women. There was only one other woman that graduated when she did and Marie was first in her class. (Brilliant!!)

*Marie met her hubby, Pierre, because she needed to use one of his inventions for her experiments. He was smart, quiet, and loved science as much as she did.

*Other scientists wouldn't accept that she had found a new element. For three years she sifted through tons of pitchblende. She used 8 tons of pitchblende and 400 hundred tons of water and she was finally getting small bits of radium out.

*When Pierre and Marie first won the Nobel Prize they wrote that they weren't able to attend! They didn't realize that the King of Sweden presented the award and they would be getting a lot of money.

*People didn't realize how dangerous radium was. Actors and dancers put it on their costumes. Rich people drank it everyday and it broke their jaws apart. It was put in makeup and on watches.

*Pierre was killed when he was hit by a horse and buggy. It broke Marie. Ironically, the Sorbonne asked Marie to take over his teaching job, even though they wouldn't offer her one when he was alive.

*Marie was nominated to become the first woman member of the French Academy of Sciences. People had strong feelings on both sides. They ended up not letting her in.

*Marie won a second Nobel Prize.

*To this day, her belongings are still too radioactive to handle safely.

[Frank Lang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wer kennt den Namen Marie Curie nicht? Nur, was hat die weltbekannte Wissenschaftler so berühmt gemacht? So ein bisschen erinnert sich der ein oder andere vielleicht daran, dass sie irgendwas mit Radioaktivität zu tun hatte und dass sie sich aus Unkenntnis selbst verstrahlt hat.

Mit dem fürchterlich unübersichtlichen Wikipedia-Artikel wird kaum jemand etwas anfangen können, was vor allem für Kinder gilt. Da ist eine solche Biografie für Kinder sehr hilf- und aufschlussreich. Sie vermittelt mit sehr passenden und kindgerechten Sätzen, wie Marie Curie aufgewachsen ist, welche Steine ihr in den Weg gelegt wurden und wie sie ihr Leben als Wissenschaftlerin gestaltete.

Dabei wird selbstredend nicht nur das Leben beleuchtet, als sie als berühmte Wissenschaftlerin mit der Creme de la Creme der damaligen Wissenschaftsszene verkehrte, sondern auch den steinigen Weg dorthin. Es ist heutzutage kaum vorstellbar, dass sie anfangs im Geheimen unterrichtet werden musste, weil Frauen zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts nicht an Universitäten unterrichtet wurden. Auch die Vorstellung, dass sich jemand derart der Wissenschaft verschrieben hat, dass sie es in Kauf nimmt, zu Hungern und in Armut zu leben, scheint heutzutage unvorstellbar.

Untermalt wird der Text durch zahlreiche Zeichnungen von Ted Hammond, die passend zum Text gestaltet sind. Dadurch, dass einige Fotografien von Marie Curie vorhanden sind, konnten die einfach gehaltenen Zeichnungen sich daran orientieren, so dass ein gewisser Wiedererkennungswert vorhanden ist.

Fazit

Diese Biografie von Marie Curie für Kinder ab ca. acht Jahren vermittelt sehr gut, vor welchen Widrigkeiten die Menschen im Allgemeinen ausgesetzt waren und vor welchen Schwierigkeiten im Besonderen damalige wissenshungrige Frauen standen. Untermalt werden die kindgerecht formulierten Texte durch einfach gehaltene Zeichnungen, die zusammen ein sehr stimmiges Bild abgeben. In meinen Augen eine sehr gut gemachte Biografie über eine der außergewöhnlichsten Wissenschaftlerinnen unserer Zeit.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

The name Marie Curie should be familiar most people and certainly anyone studying or working in the basic sciences. Author Megan Stine has done a nice job in writing Who Was Marie Curie providing a quick but fairly detailed description of her life from her early years through her university years and her productive years of many scientific breakthroughs. Since she was denied entry into the male-only University of Warsaw, Poland, where she was born, she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study mathematics and physics. It was there that she met and married Pierre Curie and the two of them began a very productive scientific partnership discovering two new elements and winning a Nobel Prize in 1903. Marie later won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry on her own in 1911 and, after many years of exposure experimenting with toxic radiation, died of the effects of that radiation. During her life she made major contributions to the advancement of science and set a great example for young people, especially girls and women, to enter the sciences.

[Johannah A Classy Rebel Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Who Was Marie Curie?” by Megan Stine, tells the story of the first women to win a Nobel Prize. Marie Curie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. At a young age, Curie always had a thirst for knowledge. When she wasn’t allowed to attend Warsaw University because she was a woman, she decided to attend a secret university. Marie went on to discover two new elements: radium and polonium. She also created an X-ray machine that was portable, so it could be used on wounded soldiers on the battlefield.

(Book 73 of 100) It was fun learning more about Marie Curie. It's incredible that she not only discovered one element but two! I wish she was more recognized during her time, but she was able to pave the way for future women in science. I give this book a 4/5-star rating. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about Marie Curie.

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[David Rough · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have recently found this nice series of biographies for young readers. Various authors have contributed to this series, which now includes over 160 books. Each book is short (about 100 pages) and gives a good summary of a historical figure. The list of people includes explorers, scientists, painters, authors, & musicians. There is a good balance between males and females demonstrating the importance of both genders in the accomplishments of mankind.

This concise biography highlights a two-time winner of the Noble Prize (1903, 1911), Marie Curie. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867. Although an outstanding student, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the University of Warsaw (men only), so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. She married a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two formed one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Her scientific studies and discoveries however ended her life on July 4, 1934, due to exposure to toxic radiation.