Marie Curie
2011: Año Internacional de la Química declarado por la ONU y gestionado por la UNESCO y la IUPAC.
El motivo: la concesión del Premio Nobel de Química a Marie Curie. Su segundo Premio Nobel, tras el primero en Física en 1903. En principio, la Academia Sueca sólo había propuesto a Pierre Curie y a Henri Becquerel para el premio. Pero Pierre se negó a aceptarlo si no se reconocía el trabajo de su esposa Marie. El primer Premio Nobel fue por las investigaciones en radioactividad y el segundo por el aislamiento y caracterización del radio y polonio, dos elementos químicos radioactivos.
Por muchas razones (inteligencia, tenacidad, esfuerzo, se pionera en muchas cosas, ….) Marie Curie es una de las figuras más relevantes de la historia de la ciencia. En este año se ha escrito mucho sobre ella. Yo recomiendo que se lea la biografía que su hija (y albacea), Eva Curie, escribió. El título, sencillo, Madame Curie. El libro se puede puede encontrar en INTERNET ARCHIVE.
Miguel Carreras (Ciencia Viva) acaba de publicar un excelente artículo sobre Marie Curie en el suplemento IDEAR del PERIÓDICO DE ARAGÓN. Aparte de algunos hechos de la vida y obra de Marie Curie, el autor hace unos breves comentarios sobre las películas sobre la gran científica; que aunque no sean obras maestras del cine, pueden servir para recordar algunos pasaje de la vida de Marie Curie.
Hace un par de semanas, me invitaron al acto de graduación de bachillerato del IES Antonio Gaudí (Coslada, Madrid). Entre los diversas temas que traté que pudieran estimular a los jóvenes, hice un breve resumen de los hitos científicos y personales de la vida de Marie Curie. Entre estos últimos, destaqué la modestia personal, la labor humanitaria, su lucha por el bienestar de la humanidad; actitudes que transmitió a sus hijas. La copia de las diapositivas se pueden descargar aquí.
Bernardo Herradón-G.
CSIC
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