Education

• 1891 - 1895

  Licenciates in Physics and Mathematical Sciences

  Studied physics and mathematics after moving from Warsaw to Paris.

  University of Paris (Sorbonne)

  Paris, France

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• 1903

  Doctor of Science in Physics

  Doctoral thesis: Recherches sur les substances radioactives.

  University of Paris (Sorbonne)

  Paris, France

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Experiences

• 1906 - 1934

  Professor of General Physics

  Succeeded Pierre Curie in the chair of general physics; became the first woman appointed professor at the Sorbonne.

  University of Paris (Sorbonne)

  Paris, France

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• 1900 - 1906

  Lecturer in Physics

  Taught physics while continuing research on radioactive substances.

  University of Paris (Sorbonne)

  Paris, France

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Last publications

• Rayons émis par les composés de l’uranium et du thorium

  Authors: Marie Curie

  Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences, 126, 1101–1103 • 1898

  Reports measurements showing that uranium compounds emit rays and that thorium compounds also exhibit the phenomenon. The note was presented to the Academy on 12 April 1898.

• Sur une substance nouvelle radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende

  Authors: Pierre Curie, Marie Curie

  Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences, 127, 175–178 • 1898

  A report of evidence for a new, strongly radioactive substance in pitchblende, associated with the element later named polonium.

• Recherches sur les substances radioactives

  Authors: Marie Curie

  Doctoral thesis, University of Paris; Gauthier-Villars • 1903

  Marie Curie’s doctoral thesis surveys her investigations of radioactive substances, including methods of measurement and research on polonium and radium.

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