![]() ![]() Marie planned to return to Poland upon finishing her degree at the Sorbonne, but she remained in France for the rest of her life. ![]() How has the mythology of Marie's life, and the misattribution of her merits (she is better remembered for the discovery of radium than for the inroads she made into radioactivity and atomic science), eroded the impact of her work? How did Marie's partnership with her husband enable her to make a great discovery? How did this partnership affect her standing as a scientist? Reviewing Marie's insatiable desire for knowledge, would she, in your opinion, have succeeded in her discoveries, with or without Pierre?ĥ. Marie Curie's achievements are astonishing and her success as a female scientist in a sexist scientific climate is a further tribute to her character and conviction. How did the inherent contradiction of Marie Curie's childhood-growing up Polish under a repressive Russian tsar-play itself out throughout Marie's adult life? How, in some ways, did this early schism help her control her emotions?Ĥ. As the young Polish Manya, how did Marie's distant relationship with her mother shape her personality? To what extent did Marie, as a mother, pattern herself after her own mother?ģ. In what way can you point to her scientific drive as a way to cope with the repercussions of illness? How did Marie's own bipolar illness affect her career?Ģ. Her own illness and those of her family defined Marie Curie's life. ![]()
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