Question

Write in one sentence each, why the following years were landmarks in the lives of Pierre and Marie Curie.

1. 1895 ........................
2. 1902 ........................
3. 1903 ........................
4. 1906 ........................
5. 1911 ........................

Answer 1

1. Pierre and Marie Curie got married in July, 1895.
2. Radium was discovered by the Curies in 1902.
3. The Curies, along with Henri Becquerel, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, for their discovery of Radium and Polonium in 1903.
4. Pierre Curie was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906.
5. Marie was awarded the second Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911.