Interesting About Marie Curie

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Rather than being Sheldon's favorite female in history Marie Curie also had three children who went on to be scientists. Irene, the eldest daughter won a Nobel Prize for chemistry. Helene and Pierre also became distinguished scientists. Marie died of aplastic anemia in 1934 due to her lack of adhering to safety measures when dealing with uranium and the research she did on radioactivity. Her husband, Pierre, carried a chunk of uranium in his pocket to show those interested in its glowing and heating properties. Marie kept a bit of it near her bed as a night light. It is so sad that they did so much in the research of radioactivity yet were ignorant of the effects that the elements had on their bodies. And many of her possessions cannot be handled due to the radioactivity still found in them.