Einstein (Germany)
When a noble figure like Madame Curie ends her life, we should not just be satisfied with recalling the contribution made by her work to mankind. The significance of first-class figures to the times and historical process may be more their moral quality than their pure intellectual achievements. Even the latter, they depend on the degree of personality, and far exceed what is usually thought.
I am fortunate to have a lofty and sincere friendship with Madame Curie for twenty years. I admire her great personality more and more. Her strength, purity of will, strictness of self-discipline, objectivity and fairness of judgment-all these are rarely concentrated on one person. She has always realized that she is a public servant of society, and her extreme modesty has never left any room for complacency. Due to the harshness and inequality of society, her mood is always depressed. This makes her have such a serious appearance that it is easy for people who are not close to her to misunderstand-this is a rare seriousness that no art can explain. Once she realizes that a certain road is right, she will stick to it uncompromisingly and stubbornly.
The greatest scientific achievement in her life-proving the existence of radioactive elements and separating them-depends not only on her bold intuition, but also on her enthusiasm and tenacity in working under unimaginable extreme difficulties, which is rare in the history of experimental science.
Even if Madame Curie's moral strength and enthusiasm only exist in a small part of European intellectuals, Europe will face a brighter future.
Please fill in the relevant original text according to the prompts.
(1) Write sentences about her moral quality and personality charm.
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The great influence of her quality and charm.
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(2) Apart from the scientific achievement of proving the existence of radioactive elements and separating them, what other major scientific achievements did Madame Curie make? Give one or two examples.
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The purity of her will, the strictness of her self-discipline, and her objective and fair judgment.
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Even if Madame Curie's moral strength and enthusiasm only exist in a small part of European intellectuals, Europe will face a brighter future.
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19 10, together with Andre debierene (1874-1949, 1899 found actinide Ac in pitchblende), pure metal radium was separated.
Attached is an article I like very much, written by Madame Curie, my belief.
Life is not easy for anyone, we must have perseverance. The most important thing is that we should have confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we have a natural talent for everything, and we must finish it at any cost. At the end, you should be able to say with a clear conscience, "I tried my best."
One spring, I was forced to rest at home for several weeks because of illness. I am very interested in watching the silkworms raised by my daughter cocoon. Watching these silkworms work tenaciously and diligently, I feel like them. Like them, I always patiently focus on one goal. Maybe I'm doing this because some force is urging me-just like a silkworm being urged to cocoon.
For fifty years, I have devoted myself to scientific research, and research is the discussion of truth. I have many beautiful and happy memories. When I was a girl, I lived alone in the University of Paris. During that whole period, my husband and I were absorbed in our studies, just like dreaming. Later, we found radium there.
In my life, I have been pursuing a quiet job and a simple family life. In order to realize this ideal, I try to keep a quiet environment, not disturbed by personnel and not honored by fame.
I am sure that we are interested in things rather than people in science. When Dampier, Curie and I considered whether we should get economic benefits from our discovery, we all thought that we should not go against our pure research concept. So we didn't apply for a patent for radium, and we abandoned a fortune. I firmly believe that we are right. It is true that human beings need people who seek reality, and they get great rewards in their work. However, human beings also need dreamers-they are so attracted by their careers that they have no leisure and enthusiasm to seek material benefits. My only hope is to do research in a free country as a free scholar. I never take this interest for granted, because I lived in occupied and ravaged Poland until I was 24 years old. I have weighed the cost of freedom in France.
I was not born a gentle person. I knew a long time ago that many sensitive people like me would be too sad even if they were criticized for one or two sentences. They tried to hide their sensitivity. My husband's gentle and quiet personality has benefited me a lot. He died suddenly and I learned to bear it. As I grow older, I appreciate the trivial things in life more and more, such as planting flowers, trees and buildings, and I am also a little interested in reading poems and watching stars.
I have been immersed in the beauty of the world, and the science I love is constantly increasing its brand-new prospects. I believe that science itself has great beauty. A scientist engaged in research work is not only a technician, but also a child, as if fascinated by fairy tales in natural scenery. This charm is the main reason why I can work hard in the laboratory all my life.