As an outstanding female scientist, Madame Curie once won the highest scientific laurels in two different disciplines-the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in just eight years. Elena, her eldest daughter, is a nuclear physicist, and Iorio, her husband, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering man-made radioactive substances. The second daughter Eve is a musician, biographer and her husband.
As the Director-General of UNICEF, Dave accepted the Nobel Peace Prize awarded by the King of Sweden (1965).
The story behind Madame Curie's success. Her childhood in the war stimulated her thirst for knowledge. Madame Curie's young mind understood that "oppression will produce resistance" and "knowledge is power" [MRMY. NET collection]
Madame Curie 1867 was born in Warsaw, Poland, when Poland was under Russian rule. Her parents are both teachers. After they lost their jobs, they contracted the student canteen, and the young Madame Curie also helped with the cooking. Little Mary, who was born under oppression and grew up under the iron hoof, didn't understand why Polish children were not allowed to learn Polish and read Polish books, but also to study under the supervision of Russian inspectors. Her father and brother told her that "oppression will produce resistance" and "knowledge is power", which aroused her strong desire to pursue knowledge and improve her academic performance. From then on, little Mary buried her love for the motherland and hatred for the invaders in her heart. The idea of studying for the liberation of the motherland stirred in her heart. After graduating from middle school, she became a tutor. However, the thirst for knowledge has never changed. But in Poland with colonial and feudal shackles, universities don't accept girls, so she dreams of studying physics and chemistry in Paris, and her sister dreams of studying medicine in Paris. They are saving the cost of studying in Paris bit by bit. Finally, my sister went to Paris first, and she stayed in Poland to earn money for her sister to go to school.
Mary not only taught herself hard, but also went to the Polish countryside to teach children scientific knowledge and spread Polish culture among factory women workers. She may be discovered by spies and taken away by Russian inspectors at any time. However, Mary has only one idea in her heart: to serve the oppressed motherland and study for the liberation of the motherland. As she said in her letter to her childhood friend, "I have tried my best to cope with all this and make persistent efforts ... I have an overriding principle: never give in to people and things!" ...... "Five years later, my sister got her doctorate, and Mary came to Paris to study in Sorbonne, dressed in shabby clothes, living in a humble hut and eating bread and tea. The university library attracted Mary deeply. Once, she forgot to eat and fainted in the library. Mary is like a greedy sponge, sucking the milk of knowledge desperately. Forgetting to eat has become a common thing for Mary. Every night, I leave the library and go back to my cabin. I continued to study hard under the kerosene lamp until two o'clock in the morning. When she was lying in bed, she was so cold that she had to get up, put on all her clothes one by one, and then lie down. Hard life and hard study made the young girl pale and haggard. In the degree examination of Solburn College, Mary won the first place in physics with excellent results.
The famous scholar Einstein once commented on Madame Curie: "Among all the celebrities I know, Madame Curie is the only one who is not reversed by fame."
Madame Curie was poor for most of her life, and the arduous process of extracting radium was completed under harsh conditions. Madame Curie refused to patent any of his inventions and used the Nobel Prize and its prize money for future research. After the Curie couple discovered radium, when a glittering gold medal worth millions of francs smiled at her; When success, honor and congratulations flood in, it shows that they have noble qualities: no boasting, modesty and selflessness! A newspaper reporter came to interview her and wanted to report her story. She replied firmly: "What matters in science is what has been studied, not the individual of the researcher." Several friends suggested that they apply for a patent right to produce radium. Marie Curie made this decision on behalf of her husband: "This should not be done. This is against the scientific spirit. We should not take advantage of this to make a profit. " They used this great discovery widely in industry and medicine without seeking any personal gain.
For Madame Curie, who has always been poor, the huge Nobel Prize is not rare, but a lot of prizes are given to Polish college students, poor girlfriends, laboratory assistants, female students who have no money, teachers who have taught her and relatives who have helped her. Many friends blamed her for not leaving this property to her children, but what she left them was the spirit of independence and the noble character of despising utility.
19 14 When the German invaders approached Paris, Madame Curie resolutely took her eldest daughter to the battlefield of the anti-aggression war. Madame Curie studied the use of the engine in the car to generate electricity, and installed a set of X-ray equipment in the car. The soldiers affectionately called it "Little Curie". One morning, Madame Curie's "Little Curie" suddenly had an accident and fell into a ditch by the roadside. Madame Curie was knocked unconscious, which frightened the young driver and never dared to drive again. Madame Curie began to study driving skills hard. A few weeks later, she became a qualified driver again. From then on, Madame Curie herself drove tirelessly from one clinic to another. As soon as she got off the bus, she threw herself into the fierce battle between perspective and photography. ...
For decades, Madame Curie has been engaged in the research of radioactive substances for a long time. Coupled with the harsh experimental environment and lack of strict protection for her body, she is often attacked by radioactive elements, which gradually damages her blood and causes leukemia. She also suffers from lung disease, eye disease, gallbladder disease, kidney disease and even insanity. In Madame Curie's view, scientific research is more important than her own health. In order to attend the World Physics Congress, she asked the doctor to postpone the kidney operation. She returned to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Radium Institute. She once endured the fear of blindness and stubbornly carried out scientific research. Until the last breath of her life, she was lying in bed with pernicious anemia and high fever. She still asked her daughter to report to her about the work in the laboratory and proofread the book Radioactivity for her. Madame Curie passed away on July 4th, 934. She devoted her whole life to the great cause of science.
Madame Curie realized a truth from the whole scientific career and life path: the achievement of human wisdom depends largely on the noble character. Madame Curie moistened the children's hearts with sacred maternal love.
Madame Curie married pierre curie at the age of 28. I gave birth to my first daughter Irina at the age of 30. At the age of 37, she gave birth to her second daughter Eve. It was at that time that Madame Curie discovered new radioactive elements and radium. Endless experiments and busy housework almost overwhelmed Madame Curie, but this did not affect her sacred maternal love as a mother. Although she left her daughter with the nanny, before going to work every day, she had to make sure that the children ate well, slept well, dressed well and didn't get sick before leaving. Besides, Madame Curie didn't leave all the work to the nanny. She believes that the emotional connection and spiritual blending between mother and daughter can only be realized by their own efforts. Madame Curie said, "I don't want to hinder the development of my children for anything in the world." Therefore, even in the most bitter and tiring days, we should set aside some time to take care of the children, bathe and change their clothes in person, and take time to sew some stitches on the edge of their new apron. She doesn't buy ready-made clothes for her children, which is too extravagant and inappropriate.
Madame Curie realized a truth from the whole scientific career and life path: the achievement of human wisdom depends largely on the noble character. Therefore, she influenced and extended her lifelong pursuit of career and noble morality to her children and students, and used various opportunities to cultivate children to form good moral character. Madame Curie has two notebooks, which record her daily weight, food, baby teeth and thoughts of her two daughters. These diaries are as detailed as her daily work diaries.
1906, her husband pierre curie died in a car accident, leaving her with a 79-year-old grandfather, who lost his son and two daughters, and the youngest was only one and a half years old. When Madame Curie was freed from grief, her first concern was that her children and her father-in-law could live a healthy and happy life.
The old man also has an eldest son. He offered to live with his eldest son, but Madame Curie left the old man behind. In order to benefit the lives of the elderly and children, Madame Curie rented a new house. Although the house is old, there is a garden nearby and the environment is pleasant. Madame Curie paid the price of extra fatigue for this arrangement, and it took half an hour by train from her residence to the laboratory.
As the child grows older, she carefully arranges the child's education plan. Teach them to make intellectual tools or handicrafts. After finishing her homework, she always takes the children for a walk and does some sports activities. She also took time out to guide children to learn gardening, cooking and sewing, cultivate their ability to live independently, pay attention to protecting their personality and nourish their hearts with their words and deeds.
Madame Curie, who was born in poverty, taught her daughters that they must be self-reliant in the future. Madame Curie was able to get a lot of money for her two daughters several times, but she never did. She did not hesitate to donate radium worth more than 1 million gold francs obtained through years of hard work to the laboratory.
As an outstanding female scientist, Madame Curie won the highest scientific laurels in two different disciplines-the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in just eight years, and also won numerous other scientific honors in her life, which can be described as superior wisdom and fruitful results. Her eldest daughter, Elena, is a nuclear physicist, and her husband, Aurio, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering artificial radioactive substances, which not only inherited the scientific career of the Curie couple, but also inherited their lofty moral quality. 1940, they donated the patent right to build an atomic reactor to the National Research Center. The second daughter Yves is a musician and biographer. On 1965, her husband accepted the Nobel Peace Prize awarded by the King of Sweden as the Director-General of UNICEF.
Madame Curie's moral education includes four aspects:
1. Cultivate their frugality, simplicity and light wealth. Her love for her daughter is manifested as a restrained love and a rational love. She strictly controls her daughter's life and asks them to "save money to support their ambitions". She educated her daughter and said, "Being poor is inconvenient, and being too rich is not necessarily a good thing. We must make a living on our own. "
2. Cultivate their unrealistic and practical style. She warned her two daughters, "We shouldn't waste our lives".
3. Cultivate their brave, strong, optimistic and overcoming difficulties. She often encourages children: "You must have perseverance, especially self-confidence."
Teach them that they must love their motherland. Madame Curie not only taught them Polish, but also infected Elena and Eve with her efforts to help the students of the motherland and Poland develop scientifically. What they can't forget is that their mother named the new element "polonium" after her native Poland, which showed her childlike feelings.