Stability can only be attained by inactive matter. Marie Curie More Quotes by Marie Curie More Quotes From Marie Curie In chemical terms, radium differs little from barium; the salts of these two elements are isomorphic, while those of radium are usually less soluble than the barium salts. Marie Curie chemicalthanlittletwo During the year 1894, Pierre Curie wrote me letters that seem to me admirable in their form. No one of them was very long, for he had the habit of concise expression, but all were written in a spirit of sincerity and with an evident anxiety to make the one he desired as a companion know him as he was. Marie Curie knowmeanxietylong In 1903, I finished my doctor's thesis and obtained the degree. At the end of the same year, the Nobel prize was awarded jointly to Becquerel, my husband and me for the discovery of radioactivity and new radioactive elements. Marie Curie doctorendmehusband We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery also has its beauty. Neither do I believe that the spirit of adventure runs any risk of disappearing in our world. Marie Curie beautyadventurebelieveworld I was only fifteen when I finished my high-school studies, always having held first rank in my class. The fatigue of growth and study compelled me to take almost a year's rest in the country. I then returned to my father in Warsaw, hoping to teach in the free schools. Marie Curie restmegrowthfather During the course of my research, I had had occasion to examine not only simple compounds, salts and oxides, but also a great number of minerals. Marie Curie onlygreatresearchsimple I met Pierre Curie for the first time in the spring of the year 1894... A Polish physicist whom I knew, and who was a great admirer of Pierre Curie, one day invited us together to spend the evening with himself and his wife. Marie Curie daywifetogethertime If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity. Marie Curie seemecuriosityadventure
