Drs Marie and Perre Curie - in the Marie Curie Garden
Her offices in the Institute of Radium
MARIE CURIE LABORATORY MUSEUM - University of Paris - July 3rd 2021. Today we visited the museum about Marie Curie's work. She is probably the world's most famous scientist. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize - the first person to win two Nobel Peace Prizes in two categories - Physic and Chemistry. She discovered radioactivity and developed the x-ray. During World War I - she set up many x-ray facilities during the war that saved many lives. She discovered Radium. All of this developed many breakthroughs in science and medicine. She was the first woman professor at the University of Paris. Her kids worked in her labs and also won Nobel Peace prizes - a total of 5 in the family. She died from radioactive poisoning in 1934 - the same year my dad graduated from Coaldale High School. The Univerity of Paris has preserved her office - lab - garden - and lecture amphitheatre. Today - we took a bus from our apartment to the University. When we got on the bus they would not take cash because of covid - but they let us ride free. The admission to the museum was also free. After the museum we walked to many other places recording 6 miles. We are tired and sore - but we saw so much. The Paris Pantheon is on campus. Marie Curie is the first woman buried there. Her coffin had to be lined with lead because she will be radioactive for 1500 years. All her books and papers are stored in lead too - same reason. They just didn't know it was harmful then. The street her lab is on is named after she and her husband. He died 28 years before her from a traffic accident.
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