MadameCuriewasoneofthegreatestscientistsintheworld.Shewasbornin1867.ShefirstlivedinPoland,thenwenttoFrance.Whenshewasveryyoungshewasinterestedinscience.Sheworkedveryhardanddiscoveredtheelementradium.ShereceivedtheNobelPrizesin1903andin1911.
Forthelasttenyearsofherlifeshewasalmostblind.Theradiumwithwhichshehadworkedformanyyearshadcausedblindnessandillnessandfinallyadiseaseoftheblood.ShediedinParisattheageo~66.
Todaysheisrememberedasagreatscientist.Butsheisalsorememberedforherdeterminationandcourage.