1. Perseverance and tenacity. Madame Curie has such a famous saying: We should believe that our talents are used to do something, no matter how expensive it is, this kind of thing must be done. Madame Curie's childhood was unfortunate, and her mother and elder sister died when she was less than 1 years old. The difficult living environment not only cultivated her ability to live independently, but also tempered her very strong character from an early age. As early as when she was studying at the University of Paris in France, she lived a monastic life. "She deliberately removed distractions from her schedule, did not attend friends' parties, and did not contact with others. Similarly, she concluded that material life was unimportant and thought that this kind of life did not exist. She gave herself a spartan inhuman life. " Because of poverty, frequent starvation and cold, she was anaemic, and she often fainted, but she despised the disease and kept studying hard ... One day, when she walked out of the classroom with a classmate, she suddenly fainted to the ground. The classmates present were shocked and rushed to take her to a nearby hospital. Her brother-in-law is a doctor in the hospital. When he heard the news, Madame Curie, who was pale, was already reading her lessons the next day. "He checked his aunt, especially the clean dishes and empty saucepans, and found only one kind of food in the whole house: a small packet of tea. He suddenly understood and began to ask: What did you eat today?

today? ...... I don't know ... I just finished lunch ...

What did you eat? Brother-in-law continued questioning.

Some cherries, and a lot of things ...

At last, she had to tell the truth. From the night before, she only chewed a handful of radishes and half a pound of cherries. She worked hard until three o'clock in the morning and slept for four hours ... She came home, ate the rest of radishes, and then fainted. "

In this way, this poor female student finally graduated from the Department of Physics with the first place in the summer of 1893 with a tough personality unimaginable to ordinary people, and obtained a master's degree in physics. The following summer, he graduated from the department of mathematics with the second place and obtained a master's degree in mathematics.

the content of "Radium" in uranium asphalt is only one ten thousandth. At that time, even with extremely sophisticated instruments, there was no way to analyze it chemically and find it. As you can imagine, it is not easy to confirm, study and refine it with extremely simple experimental equipment. However, once Madame Curie discovered its existence, she devoted herself to her research with fire-like enthusiasm. There are countless difficulties encountered in the research work. The research laboratory is a shack that has been abandoned. "... in summer, because the shack is glass, it is as hot as a greenhouse; In winter, I don't know whether it should snow or rain. If it rains, it will fall to the ground with a boring soft voice ... If it is frosty, even people are frozen, and there is no way to remedy it. Even if the stove burns white, it is completely disappointing ... "But in such a harsh environment, Madame Curie and her husband have carried out arduous research work for four years. In four years, they extracted dozens of tons of coal cinders from uranium asphalt mines; For four years, she was a scholar, a worker and a technician, and a hard worker every day. For four years, she always shot tenacious eyes and never relaxed her instruments or the crucible she used for experiments. . . . . . It is precisely because of this indomitable personality that they worked from 1898 to 192. After tens of thousands of failures and refinements, they finally got .l grams of "radium".

second, the noble quality of not seeking fame and fortune. Einstein said: among all the famous figures, Madame Curie is the only one who is not reversed by fame and fortune. She is the "mother of radium", and in some people's view, she should become rich because of radium. But she despises wealth by nature. She once told people calmly: "Radium" is an element, and no one should become rich from it. "Radium" belongs to the whole world. After the Curie couple discovered radium, in order to make it serve the world as soon as possible, they immediately disclosed the method of extracting radium and refused to apply for patent right. After her husband died in a car accident, Madame Curie gave away radium worth one million francs to a laboratory for cancer research. She said: "As long as the disease can be cured, or even as long as the patient can relieve some pain, then our work is not in vain."

In May 192, an American female journalist visited Madame Curie and asked, "If you could choose all the things in the world, what would you prefer?"

"I really want to have one gram of pure radium for research. But its price is too high, I really can't afford it. "

the female reporter asked incredulously. "Didn't you give radium worth millions of francs to the laboratory of the University of Paris?"

Madame Curie said quietly. "No, that's not mine. It belongs to the laboratory."

This reporter was deeply moved by the selfless spirit of this female surgeon who devoted herself to science. When she returned to the United States, she wrote a lot of articles, introduced the Curie couple, and called on the American people to launch a donation campaign to give Madame Curie a gram of "radium". In May of the following year, the President of the United States personally gave this gram of radium to Madame Curie in Washington, D.C.. Before the presentation ceremony, Madame Curie insisted on amending the words on the presentation certificate and declared once again: "This gram of radium presented to me by the United States should always belong to science, and cannot be my personal private property."

From here we can see the nobleness of Madame Curie's soul. There is no self-interest in her soul. This reminds me of a famous saying of Marx: If a man only works for himself, he may become a famous scholar, a brilliant man and an excellent poet, but he will never be a real great man and a perfect man. It is precisely because of the noble sentiment of seeking happiness for mankind and the noble quality of not paying attention to fame and fortune that Madame Curie became a great man admired all over the world.

Madame Curie despised honor all her life. She won 1 bonuses, 16 medals and more than 1 honorary titles in her life, but she never cared about them. She kept the honorary certificates only because they were hard and thick pieces of paper, and it was very convenient to record the arithmetic of mathematics and physics on the back. One day, a friend of hers visited her home and saw her little daughter playing with a gold medal awarded to her by the Royal Society. Her friend was shocked and asked, "Madame Curie, it is a great honor to get a medal from the Royal Society now. How can you play for your child?" Madame Curie smiled and said, "I want children to know from an early age that honor is just like a toy, which can only be played. You can never keep it forever, otherwise you will accomplish nothing."

third, selfless dedication. After the outbreak of World War II, Madame Curie resolutely closed the door of the laboratory and devoted herself to the torrent of war with the sincerity of a female scientist. She traveled to the battlefield hospitals in France and found that all the battlefield hospitals lacked X-ray equipment at that time, so she created X-ray equipment. And set up 2 X-ray studios in the battlefield. She braved the bullets and ran back and forth in the front line, risking her life, not only as a mentor, but also often taking photos herself, and then the surgeon took out the bullets according to the parts indicated in the photos. Sometimes, Madame Curie helps doctors perform operations under X-ray irradiation. For the service of X-ray equipment, she risked her life on the battlefield and was injured several times. According to statistics, the number of patients rescued by X-rays is as high as one million. After the war, she not only never mentioned these glorious experiences, never mentioned the hardships and dangers she had suffered, but also actively responded to the call of the government and dedicated all her gold to the country. "... the war was over, but it disturbed her scientific work, exhausted her health and made her bankrupt ..."; "... at the age of 5, she almost became poor again ..."

"For 35 years, Madame Curie has been exposed to radium and breathing laser gas. During the four-year war, she was exposed to more dangerous rays from Roentgen X-rays." In her later years, she has been suffering from severe anemia. She endured the fear of blindness and still stubbornly carried out scientific research. Finally died on July 4, 1934 at the age of 67. The "radium" she discovered saved countless lives, and it continues to save countless lives now, but she has become a victim of "radium". Madame Curie devoted her whole life to the great cause of science. She is like a fire, giving every part of her light and heat to the world, but not caring for herself.

Madame Curie has many excellent qualities. The above list is just a few of them.

When evaluating Madame Curie's life, Einstein once said with excitement and respect:

When Madame Curie, a noble figure, ended her life, we were not only satisfied with recalling the contribution made by her work to mankind. The significance of first-rate figures to the times and historical process, in terms of morality, may be greater than simple intellectual achievements. Even the latter, they depend on the degree of character, and far exceed what is usually thought.

... I admire the greatness of her personality more and more. Her strength, her pure will, her self-discipline, her objectivity, and her unfairness are all concentrated on her alone ... Once she realizes that a certain road is correct, she will go on without compromise and with great tenacity.

... The greatest scientific achievement of her life was achieved not only by her bold intuition, but also by her enthusiasm for working under unimaginable and extremely difficult circumstances. Such difficulties are rare in the history of science.

... even if only a small part of Madame Curie's moral strength and enthusiasm exists among European intellectuals, Europe will face a bright future.

Although Madame Curie said, "In science, we should pay attention to things, not people", many of her excellent qualities, like her great scientific contributions, have to attract the attention of the world. Her shining quality will always be the pride of mankind and will always inspire our latecomers to forge ahead towards lofty goals!