... born Maria Sklodowska on November 7,1867, in Warsaw Poland. Maria was the fifth and youngest child of Bronsilawa Boguska, a pianist, singer, and teacher, and Wladyslaw Sklodowski, a professor of mathematics and physics. Maria's accomplishments began at a young age; by the time she was sixteen she had completed secondary school and taken work as ... such a degree but she graduated number one in her class. In 1894, she received her second degree in mathematics, graduating second in the class. That same year Marie met Pierre Curie, an aspiring French physicist. A year later Maria Sklodowska...

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... the great scientists of the century. She had degrees in mathematics and physics. Winner of two Nobel Prizes, for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911, she performed pioneering studies with radium and polonium and contributed profoundly to the understanding of radioactivity. Madame Curie was born as the fifth and youngest child ... . From childhood she was noticed for her remarkable memory, and at the age of 16 she won a gold medal on completion ... of her secondary education. Unfortunately Madame Curie's mother died of typhus when she was just 9 years old along with her sister, Zosi...

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