Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge Page #3

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Because salty water is dense and...

The egg has less density

than salty water!

And what did Archimedes state?

If an object dips into fluid,

it looses its weight

and the buoyant force of this object...

I'll show you something...

Many small and wonderful things.

Irne, come and see!

Here you are,

all my magical products.

Forever young thanks to

Iradium. The cream with radium

that revives your skin!

Exactly!

- May I open?

- No, no, on no account!

It's bloody expensive.

"Radiante..."

Yes.

"Radioactive stockings for...

...always young and beautiful legs."

- Here they are!

- For the young!

Young. I am sorry.

"Tho-Radia, a revolutionary

remedy for hair growth".

Can't you read?

Surely I can.

Two, three drops are enough

and the hair grows miraculously,

thanks to the wonderful power of radium.

- And for Madame Marie I recommend...

- And this is for me!

...the scientific lipstick

for perfect lips!

May I?

- I will give you a bit.

- Now my turn!

To think that my father

thought my discoveries

would be useless!

It stings!

Radium fleece...

I had no idea how

childish you could be.

- Good morning!

- Good morning!

Isn't it time for math?

No!

We haven't finished yet.

Dear Madame Langevin,

you are always a feast for the eyes!

Indeed, your colour.

Madame...

Don't you think it's highest time

to make the merits of your husband

known to the world?

I have wanted to write about him

for a long time,

but your husband never has time.

When my husband works,

he forgets about everything else,

sometimes even

about his own wife.

A wife always knows what's

best for her husband.

I'll also sit in front, otherwise

I won't hear anything.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Actually these seats are...

A foreigner at the Sorbonne...

And she believes she'll get

such an audience's attention!

As Pierre Curie told you

in his last lecture,

the progress made

within last decade

in the field of physics

turned upside down

our perception of electromagnetism

or matter.

As for the new discoveries in the chemistry

of radioactive matter,

we can only guess.

It is a very special field

that I call:

"The chemistry of the imponderable".

Till now we managed to isolate only

several decigrams of radium salt,

on which we used tons

of pitchblende.

I worked up a fractional method

of acquisition of pure

radium salts that I share

with all interested labs.

Radium has many properties

which show powerful results.

Its beams can penetrate even through

several centimeters of lead...

Not bad as for a woman, right?

Congratulations, Marie!

You showed them!

Pierre would also be proud of you.

Pierre was always proud of Marie,

but he would have hated

this circus today!

Marie, how I admire you!

I would have died of all the excitement.

- Where are you going?

- To the lab.

Now? When we are drinking

to your success?

Marie!

Don't you dare to congratulate.

For you!

Your preface?

So we can send the manuscript

to the publisher next week?

That's just typical!

You only think what is to be done.

You were able to take this picture?

"Eusapia, the clever magician..."

"...who can make heavy tables fly!"

Pierre wanted to cast

light upon her mystery!

Yeah, I know.

Thanks, Paul.

- Go now. Jeanne is looking for you.

- Yes.

One more thing:
I'll drop my corrections

on chapter 4 by next week.

I promise.

If you need anything,

just let me know.

Marie, congratulations!

That would contradict

all known theories.

Life is trivial matter if

you cannot think in pairs!

It's so exciting to explore

new ideas together

that no one has yet investigated.

The radioactivity increases,

but the percentage of radium

remains constant.

That can't be!

That means you can stop

with the fractional crystallization.

Want some?

Eating supports thinking, Madame!

Pierre always knew what to do next!

What's going on with you?

I am getting stupid!

I won't make it by myself!

Right... I am going to a coffee.

- Good morning.

- Good morning, Andr

Good morning, Madame.

Good morning.

When can I see the patient?

I don't want to offend you,

but I'd rather meet him alone.

Male patients confide better in men.

- Same dose as usual?

- Yes.

Have you managed to sleep a little?

I am the doctor. Go back to bed.

In your condition you cannot take care

of the children.

Be a good girl, wake your sister

and put the milk on to warm.

I'll be down in a minute.

See? Everything is all right!

- For sure?

- Yes!

Excuse me...

In order to discover something,

you have to know what you're looking for.

What I am trying to say is,

that for every new hypothesis,

the simple observation of a phenomenon

is not enough.

You also need to figure out previously

an explanation.

Are you asking me

how new ideas are born?

Yes.

It's a very exciting question,

but it goes far beyond

the boundaries of physics.

Like for everything else,

you have to rely on intuition and

common sense.

Most scientific discoveries

are a mixture

of talent and coincidence.

A good scientist needs a spirit of

adventure to coax out the secrets of nature,

and must not be afraid

of his own audacity.

Without forgetting about

the necessarily methodical procedures.

But don't worry,

there's a spirit of adventure

hidden in all of us!

I'd like you to remember that

our freedom of mind is indispensable.

Take all measures to secure it.

This congress is very important

for the future of science.

I assure you that this man

has sincere intentions.

Show me one industrialist that has given

the eight-hour day to his workers

without being forced to it by law.

I don't know.

Solvay insists on you to come,

which shows his concern!

Indeed, Marie, if one need

financial support,

one should not say no

to such a generous benefactor.

Well, it's a pity.

I invited Albert Einstein too.

Did he answer?

Come and you will see.

Can you devote me half an hour?

I'd like to show you something.

Certainly.

No, turn off the light.

I can't believe it! Success!

Element number 88.

Melting point by

700 Celsius degrees.

This is it!

One can see it and touch it.

A bit dangerous, right?

As fire was discovered,

people burned themselves.

But what would we do today

without fire?

But I liked the colors of

the radium salts better!

Let's go now. The drugstore closes

I forgot to pick up Eugne's medicine!

- You cannot stay.

- Can't I sleep here?

No way.

Thank you.

Where were you? We tried to lift him up,

but he is too heavy!

- He fell down, all of a sudden.

- Eugne, dear God!

- We must take you to the hospital!

- Come. Dance with me.

"Merry fowler I am...

...known in all the country, to old and young.

All around the world."

Litre... litre...

Thank you.

Litre of oil...

For you. This will help you

to get organized.

I am already doing all of this.

I am proud of you, my daughter.

For our next lesson, please revise

Binomial Distribution...

Sorry to be late!

No problem. Want some tea?

Yes, please.

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