Did you know?
Have you ever wondered why so many famous physicists of the
past were men, and only a few were women? It was because of
the strict rules of society back then. Marie Curie had to leave her
home country so that she could go to a university, and after she
graduated, she still couldn’t get a job at a university in Poland.
In France, things were a bit more liberal, and in 1906, she became
the country’s first female professor. Fortunately, things have changed
a bit over the last 100 years! Now you can study whatever you
choose …
Albert Einstein
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Once said: “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
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Born in the 19th century in Ulm, Germany
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Liked to wear his hair wild and hated socks
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Won a Nobel Prize in physics for discovering the photoelectric
effect (look it up on the Internet!), but privately would have
preferred to win it for his Theory of Relativity — which
produced one of the most famous equations in the world: E = mc
2
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He also established the
law of Conservation of Energy
Marie Curie
It was fun to have an
adventure together!
I hope you’d like to
have many more. Bye!
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
Energy cannot be destroyed, nor can it be created. When we talk
about “using energy”, we mean that the form of energy changes.
In a light bulb, for example, electrical energy is converted
into light and warmth.
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Once said: “We must believe that we are gifted for
something, and that this thing, at whatever cost,
must be attained.”
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Won the Nobel Prize for physics AND chemistry
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Was born in Poland in the 19th century and
worked as a research scientist in France
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Discovered radioactivity and two new
chemical elements: Polonium (named after
her home country, Poland) and Radium
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Kept a sample of radium by her bed as a night light
(very unhealthy!)
Just believe in yourself!
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