PORTRAIT OF A LEADER
Marie Curie
The Theoretical Leader
1867 - 1934
“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.” - Marie Curie
I. A THEORETICAL BRAIN
A.Remarkable memorization
as a child
B.Received scientific
training from father
C.Graduated at 16 from
secondary school
D.Became teacher/governess
to support family (1890)
II. FOUNDATIONAL THEORIES
A.Studied mathematics,
physics, and chemistry
at Sorbonne(1895)
B.Earned degree in physics
(1893)
C.Earned degree in
mathematics (1894)
D.Met husband, instructor
of physics and chemistry
(1895)
III. CREATING THEORIES
A.Worked in lab with
husband
B.Discovered Radioactivity
(1896)
CDiscovered new elements,
Polonium and Radium (1898)
D.Received Doctorate of
Science and Davy Medal (1903)
E.Awarded first Nobel Prize
(1903)
F.Awarded Matteucci Medal
(1904)
IV. APPLYING THEORIES
A.Husband’s death, left the lab (1906)
B.First female professor at Sorbonne
C.Awarded second Nobel Prize (1911)
D.Co-founded the Radium Institute 1914
E.Taught the use of X-Ray
technology during WWI (1914)
F.Devoted career to study of
radioactive substances and
medical applications (1922)
G.Died from leukemia due to
radiation exposure (1934)