As such, she was never allowed to physically contact her mother in any way. When Marie was only four, her mother began to succumb to tuberculosis. The Polish language was forbidden in schools as was the teaching of Polish language and literature. After a Polish uprising in 1863, her father lost his position as a Professor of Chemistry and Physics due to his nationality.
While we expect scientists of Marie Curie’s caliber to have sacrificed endless hours for their field of study, Marie’s life was characterized by stoic discipline punctuated by periods of profound depression and isolation.Īs a child, she lived in a Poland crushed under the heel of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Madame Curie was a Polish born scientist made famous for her discovery of radium and radioactivity during her time in France. I recently finished a biography of Madame Curie written by Barbara Goldsmith that I picked up in the Strand in Manhattan.
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