Marie Curie Advances the Study of Radioactivity

Marie Curie Advances the Study of Radioactivity — page 5
The Curies daughter Irene was born in 1897 The Royal Society had invited the couple This scientific group held a popular lecture series The theater was packed Marie sat in the front row The Curies were famous for their work with radium They had discovered this element in 1898 Pierre’s talk included a demonstration He showed how radium glowed He showed how it could affect other objects Radium released invisible energy Pierre showed the audience his arm It was burned 6