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Article: Humanist profile.(Marie Curie, scientist)(Biography)
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- The Humanist
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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Marie Curie
(1867-1943)
Scientist and Two-time Novel Laureate
"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity."
--Marie Curie
Madame Curie, one of the greatest scientists of all time, was born Maria Sklodowska on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland--then occupied by Russia. She was the daughter of two teachers, one a freethinking nationalist who taught physics and mathematics.
Early on Sklodowska was noted for an incredible memory and work ethic. At the age of ...