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Using the basics of X-rays, the text shows how radiation became key for treating cancer and uncovering atomic mysteries. It follows her life from secret science classes in Poland to studies in Paris, her work with Pierre Curie, and experiments with uranium and pitchblende. The narrative culminates in discovering polonium and radium, introducing radioactivity and advancing atomic science.","Literacy International: Special Women: Marie Curie  \nCopyright © 2018 Literacy International [info@LiteracyInternational.net](info@LiteracyInternational.net)  \nEnglish Non Fiction  \nLiteracy International:  \nSpecial Women: Marie Curie  \nCopyright © 2018 Literacy International [info@LiteracyInternational.net](info@LiteracyInternational.net)  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2018, Literacy International  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nWhen a person is hurt or sick, doctors may take a picture of the inside of his body. This picture shows what the bones look like. It will show where bones are broken. It shows how serious the hurt is. It can show what is wrong with the tissue (flesh) inside the body. It can also show any strange object that got inside the body.  \nThis special picture is called an “X-ray.” An X-ray is a wonderful help in medicine.  \nA woman in France worked hard to learn about X-rays. Her name was Marie Curie. She also learned about anew kind of energy called radiation.  \n“Radiation” is energy sent out in very tiny pieces. It is electricity mixed with another kind of energy. It is used to treat cancer. It has helped many, many people to get well. Because of Marie Curie we understand more about radiation.  \nBecause of her work we also know about a material called radium. And we understand more about atomic energy.  \nMarie was born in Poland in l867 . She was very interested in science. Her family was poor. But she did not let that keep her from learning. The university in her city was only for men. So she went to secret classes instead. There she learned much about science. She worked as a teacher and took care of children to pay for her classes.  \nWhen she was 24 years old Marie went to Paris, France to study science. She did not have enough money to live well. Sometimes she could not even buy food. Sometimes she was so hungry that she fainted. She studied during the day. She taught children at night to earn money. She suffered from the cold winters. Some people said Marie would never do much in science because she was a woman.  \nBut did she give up? No. She kept on going to classes. She heard about a German scientist named Wilhelm Roentgen. He had discovered a new kind of waves. They were waves of high energy that could pass through solid materials. Even if a person could not see through those materials, the waves could pass through. He named the waves “X-rays” because noone knew what they were. Marie wanted to learn more about X-rays.  \nMarie also heard that another French scientist had made some tests. He found that a material called uranium sent out rays like X-rays. Marie wanted to find out more about materials that sent out rays. She wanted to make tests, too. Some mining companies and other people gave her money so that she could do this.  \nIn Paris Marie met a scientist named Pierre Curie. She worked in his laboratory. A “laboratory” is a special room or building that is made for one kind of work. Pierre was making other scientific tests. But he became very interested in Marie’s ideas. He left his own tests and joined in hers. They were married and they loved working together.  \nAt one time Marie wanted to go with her husband back to Poland. She hoped to teach in a Polish university. The Polish people refused her because she was a woman. So she and Pierre stayed in France. The French people said mean things about her because she was not French.  \nBut she and Pierre both started teaching. They earned money to support their work in science. Pierre taught at the Sorbonne, a very old and famous university in Paris.  \nPierre and Marie decided they needed a bigger place for their science work. 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