Marie Curie

Marie Curie discovered several new elements including radium, and the uses for the new elements helped the world. She was first in her class when she graduated from the Sorbonne with a degree in physics, and she later earned a second degree from the prestigious institution. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and she became the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. She was the first female professor at the Sorbonne.

In second grade (which I only attended for six weeks), my teacher came up with projects for me to keep me busy, and one kind of project I did was to do research. One of my first subjects for research was a report on Marie Curie. Since then I've always had a fondness for this amazing scientist.