Marie Curie (11 page)

half-life of unstable elements

radiocarbon-dating techniques

Harding, Warren G.

Harvard University

helium

Hiroshima

Institute of Nuclear Physics

International Congress of Physics

Interpretation of Dreams, The
(Freud)

Japan, atomic bombs used against

Joliot-Curie, Frédéric

death of

Nobel Prize

Joliot-Curie, Irène (Marie’s daughter)

childhood of

death of

education of

Nobel Prize

at Radium Institute

as world peace advocate

during World War I

Labouisse, Ève Curie (daughter)

biography of her mother

childhood of

education of

Labouisse, Henri

Langevin, Hélène (granddaughter of Marie Curie)

Langevin, Paul

Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent

Lippmann, Gabriel

“little curies,” (X-ray machine)

Lumière, Auguste and Louis

Madame Curie
(1943 film)

magnetic properties of steel, Marie Curie’s research on

medical uses of radium

Meitner, Lise

Mendeleyev, dmitri

Model T

Monet, Claude

“Museum of Industry and Agriculture”

Nagasaki

neutron, discovery of

“New Radioactive Substances and the Rays They Emit, The”

Newton, Sir Isaac

New York Times, The

Nobel, Alfred

Nobel Prize, recipients of

Henri Becquerel

Marie and Pierre Curie

Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Gabriel Lippman

Wilhelm Röntgen

Nuclear disarmament Peace Council

nuclear physics

atomic weapons and

peaceful applications of

see also
atomic physics

nuclear power

nucleus of the atom

“On a New Radio-Active Substance Contained in Pitchblende”

“On Symmetry in Physical Phenomena”

Orzeszkowa, Eliza

Paderewski, Jan

paint, radium-based

Paris Exposition of 1900

Paris School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry

Pasteur, Louis

Pasteur Institute

Perey, Marguerite

pitchblende residue

Planck, Max

Poincaré, Henri

Poland

liberation of

Russian rule of

polonium

atomic weight of

discovery of

half-life of

researching of

positivism

positron, discovery of the

Principles of Chemistry, The
(Mendeleyev)

quartz crystals

radiation exposure, dangers of

determining lethal levels of exposure

radioactivity

“artificial”

commercial uses of

half-life of unstable elements

the paranormal and

Treatise on Radioactivity

radiocarbon-dating techniques

Radiology in War
(Curie)

radium

atomic weight of

in consumer products

cost per ounce

dangers of exposure to,
see
radiation exposure, dangers of

discovery of

isolation of pure

medical uses of,
see
medical uses of radium

military applications of

patent for producing

predictions of potential for evil from

production in large quantities

researching of

research leading to discovery of

safekeeping of, during World War I

standard unit of measurement (“curie”)

as unstable element

Radium Institute, Paris

accomplishments of building of

Irène Curie’s accomplishments at

fund-raising for

opening of

safety rules at

Radium Institute, Warsaw

radium salt

“Rays Emitted by Uranium and Thorium Compounds”

Red Cross Radiology Service

Regaud, Claudius

relativity, theory of

Röntgen, Wilhelm

Rutherford, Ernest

half-life of unstable elements and

transformation theory

Schmidt, G. C.

science

collaboration by scientists

female scientists, Marie Curie as inspiration for

increased public interest in

male scientists, Marie Curie as inspiration for

scientific method

séances

Skeptical Chymist, The
(Boyle)

Sklodowska, Bronia (Marie’s sister)

as director of Warsaw Radium Institute

Sklodowska, Bronislawa (Marie’s mother)

death of

Sklodowska, Zosia (Marie’s sister)

Sklodowski, Wladyslaw (Marie’s father)

death of

Sklodowski family

Society for the Encouragement of National Industry

Solvay, Ernest

Solvay Conferences

sonar

Sorbonne, University of Paris

Marie Curie as professor at

Pierre Curie as teacher at

Marie Curie’s doctorate from

spectroscopy

theory of relativity

Thomson, J. J.

thorium

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de

Treatise on
Radioactivity
(Curie)

UNICEF

United States

atomic weapons and

Marie Curie’s 1921 visit to

nuclear power in

women’s rights in

University of California, Berkeley

University of Paris

University of Zurich

unstable elements

half-life of

uranium

half-life of

watches with radium-based paint

women

cultural limits on opportunities for

firsts for, Marie Curie and

Marie Curie as inspiration to female scientists

rights of

World War I

Marie Curie’s contributions during

death tolls

new weapons used in

World War II

atomic weapons used in

French Resistance

Wright Brothers

X-ray equipment

portable, Marie Curie’s invention of

X-rays

discovery of