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❌ was expanding  She was the youngest of the nine children of her parents → ✅ She was the youngest of the five children.  

❌  She won two Nobel Prizes in Physics in 1903 and in 1911. → ✅ In 1903 She won the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1911, She won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 

❌ She named one of the elements discovered radium after her homeland. → ✅ She named one of the elements discovered polonium after her homeland

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Marie Curie was born on 7th November, 1867. Her father and mother were teachers. She was the youngest of the five children. She was ten years old and began attending the boarding school of J. Sikosra. Then she attended a gymnasium for girls from which she graduated on 12 June 1883 with a gold medal. She started her practical scientific training at the chemical laboratory. In 1891, she moved to France and enrolled herself at the Sorbonne University. In 1893, she was awarded a master’s degree in Physics. She returned to Paris to pursue a PhD. In 1894, Marie met Pierre Curie. Like Marie, he was a scientist and the two of them fell in love. They married on July 26th 1895 and they had two daughters. Marie became fascinated by rays that were recently discovered by scientists Wilhelm Roentgen and Henri Becquerel. Roentgen discovered X-rays and Becquerel had found rays given off by an element called uranium. Marie and her husband began to do experiments. They eventually discovered two new elements for the periodic table. Marie named one of the elements polonium after her homeland, Poland and named the other radium because it gave off such strong rays. In 1903, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Marie and Pierre Curie as well as Henri Becquerel for their work in radiation. In 1911, Marie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the two elements polonium and radium. She was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. Scientists came from around the world to study radioactivity with Marie. Soon doctors found that radiology could help with curing cancer. When World War I started, Marie learned that doctors could use x-rays to help determine what was wrong with an injured soldier that time. She died in Pasi Haute Savoie, France on 4 July 1934 at the age of 66.