Marie Curie

[Guest BHorseMath]

I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about Marie Curie. I am quite interested in her and would like to find out anything anyone knows about her.

 

btw if this is in the wrong forum my apologies I am new.

[Lance]

http://www.aip.org/history/curie/

 

Are you asking if I/we personaly know anything about her or if we know the one who does (google)?

[Guest BHorseMath]

whichever....though I would like it if u could tell me some stuff. like what she did and stuff.

[Crash]

Will post some history and other stuff later when i have more time, and who could forget Piere..

[Glider]

Didn't she invent leukemia?

[Sayonara]

Ooooh catty.

[YT2095]

Glider wins this Months "Saucer of milk" Award

[Sayonara]

lol

[Tesseract]

Didn't she invent leukemia?

 

She invented leukemia...?Who would want to do that?

[Lance]

Indeed, It looks like there is a cancer organization named after her.

[YT2095]

She invented leukemia...?Who would want to do that?

Maybe she had an antisocial streak? LOL.

I know I for one wouldn`t sit in a shed all day sifting through a ton of pitch blende to get less than a gram of Radium from it! BOOORING! Zzzzz....

[Tesseract]

Well, I dont know maybe she invented the name leukemia...? lol

[YT2095]

forgive spelling but I`m fairly sure it has something to do with leukosites (whatever they are) I just rem learning something about it ages ago, but forgotten lots

[Radical Edward]

Maybe she had an antisocial streak? LOL.

I know I for one wouldn`t sit in a shed all day sifting through a ton of pitch blende to get less than a gram of Radium from it! BOOORING! Zzzzz....

 

me nither. I might get someone else to do it though. depends on whether I like them or not

[YT2095]

Awwww

 

I don`t think I could do that to anyone really, radiation aside, it would be so mind numbingly tedious and repetative I think even a robot would fake a broken servo to get out of it

[Dave]

I believe she used to carry a lump of radium around with her, and so she died of either radiation poisoning or cancer.

[YT2095]

in Europe during the 40`s Radium water was made regularly for drinking in the morning, it was like a wire mesh sphere that contained a lump of Radium, that was then encapsulated in a metal container with holes in it, that was then dropped into a jug of ordinary tap water overnight and drunk in the morning. My Nan (Grandmother) used to have one and my Mother used to play with it as a child!!!!

scary huh!

[hierarch]

OMG, I can't image one drink Radium water. It is really awful.

[YT2095]

well I`ve no idea what it tasted like in all honesty, but I should imagine pretty much just like ordinary water, although I`m not 100% sure of the thinking behind the idea in the 1`st place, I can only assume it was considered a way to Sterilise water during the War without having to boil it and use valuable fuel? I`m only guessing tho`

[Dave]

Pretty crappy way of sterilising it. But then again, they did thing tobacco and cigarettes were good for your health, so who knows?

[Dave]

Just did a quick google and it looks like they used it for 'healing powers' (since some of the springs around the world, which have quite a lot of natural radiaton have these so-called powers).

 

http://www.orau.org/ptp/articlesstories/quackstory.htm

[Doctor Asmaa]

Hello,

This is a link that can help you to know more about curie and her husband

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/radiation/radhistory/pierremariecurie.html

Really, I'm very interesting on marie curie and her life story

She is one of the great scientists in the 20th century and she did a revolution in the scientific field I wish to be like she in one day

 

Thanks to you and I wish this link help you

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/radiation/radhistory/pierremariecurie.html

 

thanks

Doctor Asmaa

[YT2095]

Nice link

[Guest Enigma'07]

I did a project on her recently. It depends on what kind of information you need; biographical, accomplishment, or both.