On November 7, the birthday of Marie Curie, in the book "100 Stories of Scientists", Grandpa Ye Yonglie, who graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Peking University, wrote marie Curie's life for young readers with heavy pen and ink. Marie Curie's path to study was bumpy, and without her own persistence, I am afraid that there would be one less great female scientist in the world.
Marie Curie, whose real name was Marie Skorodowska, was born on November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. At that time, under the rule of Tsarist Russia, women had little access to higher education. Mary grew up in a family of physics teachers in middle schools and loved science from an early age, but did not have the opportunity to pursue further education.
Illustration of Marie Curie's Story
Due to the difficulties of life, Mary worked as a governess from the age of 17. She sent her salary to her sister to help her go to paris to attend medical school, and when her sister graduated, she would go back to help Mary so that she could also go to Paris for further study. In a letter to her sister, Mary wrote: "Our lives are not easy, but what does it matter? We must have perseverance, especially self-confidence! We must believe that our talents are meant to be used to do something, no matter how great the cost, and that this kind of thing must be done. ”
After 6 years, Mary used her little savings from teaching, plus the help of her sister, to finally come to Paris to study.
At this time, her life was extremely hard. She rented a small attic on the sixth floor, and it was sweltering and hot in the summer, so cold in the winter that even the water in the basin froze. In order to save lamp oil, Mary went to a nearby library at night to read books, and until the library was closed, she went to the small room, lit the oil lamp, and studied until two or three o'clock in the morning. In the winter, she put all her clothes on her body, but it was still not enough to protect herself from the cold.
Due to the unusually hard life and the lack of sleep, Mary's health became worse and worse. At one point, she fainted. As soon as the students understood, they learned that Mary had only eaten a handful of turnips and half a pound of cherries for dinner that day, and slept only 4 hours at night!
Mary's academic excellence, especially in physics and chemistry, laid a very solid foundation. In 1893, she graduated from the Department of Physics at the University of Paris, ranking first in her class with a master's degree in physics. The following year, she graduated from the Department of Mathematics, ranking second in her class, with a master's degree in mathematics.
Illustration of 100 Scientist Stories
After graduation, Marie wanted to return to Poland to work, but because she met the young French physicist Pierre Curie, she stayed in France after marriage.
At that time, Becquerel, a professor at the University of Sorben in Paris, discovered for the first time the radioactive element, uranium. This incident aroused great interest to the Curies. They decided to follow in Becquerel's footsteps and continue to explore the shadows.
Excerpt from "100 Stories of Scientists", by Ye Yonglie,
Published by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House
The Curies won the Nobel Prize in Physics, Marie Curie continued to study after her husband's death, and eventually won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Marie Curie dedicated her life to science and is still in the laboratory before her death. Her love of science, perseverance in research, and never give up have influenced groups of scientific researchers.
Good books about Marie Curie, about the scientists, let's take a look.
100 Scientist Stories
Written by Ye Yonglie
Synopsis
100 Scientist Stories is an interesting storybook that tells more than a hundred stories about scientists.
A scientist's life is long. "100 Scientist Stories" only selects one of the most interesting stories in a scientist's life, as if using a camera to take the most exciting shots in a scientist's life.
"100 Stories of Scientists" has been included in one of the thirty basic reading lists recommended by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and the Institute of New Reading for Chinese primary school students.
The Story of Marie Curie
By Elena Durley
The Story of Marie Curie is a masterpiece by the British writer Elena Durley. This book tells the story of the great scientist Marie Curie who grew up in adversity, devoted to scientific research, and persevered in self-improvement in an objective and vivid tone. Marie Curie's spirit inspires young friends - the Nobel Prize is not far away from you!
The Autobiography of Marie Curie
By Marie Curie
This is the only life statement left by the great female scientist Marie Curie, which also includes her biography of her husband Pierre Curie. In plain and honest language, she recorded the legendary life of a girl born in an ordinary family in Warsaw, who went to Paris to study through hard work and tenacious struggle, met and knew Pierre Curie, was willing to be lonely for scientific research, and finally achieved outstanding achievements. The book also shows Pierre Curie's noble personality through Marie Curie's narrative, the letters and diaries of the two men, and the evaluations of others.
Marie Curie and Radium
By Ian Graham
This book perfectly blends the life story of Marie Curie with her scientific exploration of the discovery of radioactive elements, and the young readers discovered the radioactive elements together as if they were accompanied by Marie Curie. Lively and humorous language, exquisite and vivid pictures, so that children in the relaxed reading to gain a wealth of scientific knowledge.
"Ye Yonglie Tells the Story of Elements"
Everything in the world is composed of various chemical elements, and human understanding of chemical elements has experienced a long and tortuous process from ancient times to the present. In this book, Ye Yonglie tells interesting stories of various chemical elements in an interesting tone. May this book inspire children's interest in observation and the courage to explore, and enter the hall of chemistry.
A Minimalist And Interesting History of Chemistry
You may wonder how Ye Yonglie, as a writer of documentary literature, wrote a book about chemistry. That's because Ye Yonglie graduated from the Chemistry Department of Peking University, and chemistry is his profession. Chemistry is an interesting science. In this book, from ancient alchemy to the unity of elemental symbols, to the discovery of the periodic rate of chemical elements; from Boyle to Berzilias to Mendeleev, historical moments, legendary stories, the author tells you the interesting and tortuous development history of chemistry.
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