Okuduğunu Anlama Test 3

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Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1867. From an early age, she showed a remarkable talent for learning. At that time, women in Poland were not allowed to attend university, so Marie moved to Paris in 1891 to study at the Sorbonne. She lived in a tiny apartment and often could not afford to eat properly, but she was determined to succeed. In Paris, Marie met Pierre Curie, a French physicist. They married in 1895 and began working together on research into radioactivity — a term that Marie herself coined. Their work was groundbreaking: in 1898, they discovered two new elements, polonium (named after Marie's homeland) and radium. In 1903, Marie and Pierre, along with Henri Becquerel, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. This made Marie the first woman ever to receive a Nobel Prize. Tragically, Pierre was killed in a street accident in 1906, leaving Marie devastated. However, she continued her research with even greater determination. In 1911, Marie received a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, for her further research on radium. She remains the only person in history to have won Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields. During World War I, Marie developed mobile X-ray units — known as 'petites Curies' — to help doctors locate bullets and fractures in wounded soldiers. She drove these units to the front lines herself. Marie Curie died on 4 July 1934, from aplastic anaemia, a condition likely caused by her prolonged exposure to radiation. Her notebooks are still so radioactive that they must be stored in lead-lined boxes, and anyone who wishes to read them must wear protective clothing. Her legacy, however, lives on. She opened doors for women in science and her discoveries continue to benefit humanity through medical treatments and energy production.