Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31

It's time to talk about one of the most awesome scientists that has ever been awesome: Marie Curie. She figured out ways to get an amazing education despite the limitations of her homeland, discovered some really important answers to the question "what is stuff?", and she helped other people (like her husband) complete their own studies and discoveries.

Did I say she was awesome yet? SHE WAS AWESOME!

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[wesleyrm]

Marie almost didn't win that first Nobel Prize, but her husband refused to accept it if she wasn't included. What a man.

Also, she actually had a pretty long life for those days. He was the one who died young, due to a carriage accident.

[BranchEducation]

Marie Curie is one of the best of the best! First ever to win 2 Nobel Prizes- and especially crazy because they were in different fields: 1 in Physics and the other in Chemistry. This is a really great episode!!

[LetsTakeWalk]

Pierre and Marie truly were a Nuclear Power couple.

[namename]

I loved the video but as a disclaimer from a trained radiation worker: you stated that madam curie worked in a shed with no ventilation. The amount of ventilation you have on a substance that is decaying radioactive particles has no difference in the amount of radiation exposure that you receive. What really matters is the amount of shielding that you have between yourself and the source! Every material has what is called a tenth thickness. That is the amount of material it takes to reduce the amount of radiation you receive to a tenth of what you would receive as if you were right next to it. Had she been working behind lead, or water that would of made a difference. But unfortunately such things were Unknown at the time There are a few more things that go into the calculation of radiation exposure but I don’t want to bore everybody. Everything we know about radiation exposure can now be quantified today because of the work of madam curie and Wilhelm Roentgen. Thanks everybody!

[scarletletter]

"The couple that sciences together, stays together." - Words to live by 💑⚗👩‍❤️‍👩⚗👨‍❤️‍👨

[samiai]

'Galileo became a mathematician after accidently attending a geometry lecture." Dammn... I wish I could become a chemist after attending a chemistry lecture

[vigilantsycamore]

Yes, finally we get to Marie Skłodowska Curie! I'll be honest, she's probably my biggest scientific role model and the fact that she and Copernicus are both from my country is a point of patriotic pride for me.

[rdreher]

In Japanese X-rays are still often called "rentogen" レントゲン which comes from Röntgen. I think other languages use röntgen more commonly as well.

I have a funny story about this. When my parents were visiting me in Japan from America, I took them to meet with a dear friend of mine, an old Grandmother who owns a toy store. My parents don't speak Japanese, and my friend doesn't speak English, so I would translate back and forth. At one point, my parents wanted to ask about what her son does. I translated and she answered, but I didn't quite understand at first because I wasn't familiar with the word "rentogen." However, my Dad recognized the word as "röntgen, " not because he studied physics, but because he had visited Würzburg University, where Röntgen worked when he discovered X-rays. This bit of insight from my Dad helped us to understand that my friend's son is a radiologist.

[sonicgoo]

In Dutch we still call them Röntgen rays.

[BritishRulez]

"and yet ma dude's cardboard glowed.." 😂

[masha]

Fun Fact about Mr Röntgen: x-rays are still known as "Röntgenstrahlung" in Germany and to x-ray someone is "jemanden zu röntgen".

[AmbitiousLearnWithGeorge]

The life and achievements of Marie Sklodowska and their supportive relatioship with her husband Piere Curie serves me as a tremendous inspiration.

[Booksnynk]

I didn’t know how quickly I needed to click on this. Marie Curie is my science hero. I once did an essay on here when I was 9 years. And since that moment I am a fan

[puuuuuuch]

In many languages x-rays are still called rentgen rays.

[runsi]

In Poland we say we are having a rentgen meaning having an x-ray

[tobyhawkins]

9:09 you have 'neurons' written on the board instead of 'neutrons'. Small mistake aside, good video. :)

[bjornneuhauser]

Here in Scandinavia we still call them Röntgen rays :)

[kherichi]

"..what he called 'spooky rays'"
Me: hehehe
"...Just kidding."
That's cold, Hank.

[nestrior]

Fun fact on Röntgen: He wanted to call them X-Rays in Germany too. But the Kaiser was so hyped about it, that he named it Röntgen-Rays instead and that's what they are still called in Germany to this day. Röntgen even became the verb we use for it.

[darrenmarcum]

9:10 Neurons? Oops Mr. T got left out again

Seriously though, Mr. Green, you are an inspiration and an idol. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos!