MY NAME IS MARIE. THIS IS MY LABORATORY!
WHAT IS A LABORATORY? IT IS A REALLY GREAT PLACE WHERE SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS ARE CARRIED OUT.
I AM A SCIENTIST!
I COME HERE TO WORK EVERY DAY. THESE ARE THE TOOLS I USE FOR MY EXPERIMENTS. SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY FASCINATING!
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BEING A SCIENTIST IS VERY INTERESTING: I HAVE TO SOLVE GREAT MYSTERIES.
THIS OBJECT JUST LOOKS LIKE A STONE, DOESN’T IT?
NEVERTHELESS, I DECIDED TO STUDY IT THOROUGHLY!
IT HAS A VERY LONG NAME: PITCHBLENDE
I OBSERVED IT, BROKE IT INTO SMALL PIECES, HEATED IT, AND COOLED IT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DISCOVERED? THIS STONE IS REALLY AMAZING!
THANKS TO MY TOOLS, I DISCOVERED THAT IT CONTAINS SOMETHING VERY PECULIAR: A SUBSTANCE OF GREAT POWERS!
NO ONE HAD EVER DISCOVERED THIS SUBSTANCE BEFORE, SO I GAVE IT A NAME.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I NAMED IT?
I NAMED IT POLONIUM, AFTER POLAND, THE COUNTRY WHERE I WAS BORN.
Poland
THEN, I CONTINUED TO RESEARCH. I AM VERY DEDICATED, AND I NEVER GET TIRED OF IT.
AFTER RESEARCHING, STUDYING, WORKING, AND ANALYZING, I FINALLY FOUND AN EVEN MORE POWERFUL SUBSTANCE IN THE SAME STONE: RADIUM!
I KEPT WORKING. I KNOW IT MIGHT SEEM BORING, BUT THIS IS MY JOB! EVEN WHEN I FEEL LIKE I CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT, I DO NOT GET SAD OR DISCOURAGED IN FACT, I TRY EVEN HARDER!
MY FINDINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. MANY OTHER SCIENTISTS HAVE USED THEM FOR THEIR STUDIES AND HAVE THANKED ME!
AND TO THINK THAT IT ALL STARTED WITH A SMALL, DARK STONE…IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE MAGIC!
BUT IT IS NOT MAGIC… IT IS SCIENCE!