Minister of Culture of France Rima Abdul Malak announced the demolition of the historic building on Friday Pariswhere the laboratory was located Maria Sklodowska-Curie. It is planned to build a biological chemistry center there to fight cancer.
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France. Controversy regarding the studio of Maria Sklodowska-Curie
“I spoke to him this morning Thierry PhilipPresident of the Curie Institute. We agreed to suspend the demolition of the Pavillon des Sources to allow time for an investigation with the stakeholders and my colleague. Sylvie retail (Minister of Higher Education and Research), is there any alternative? he wrote Minister on platform X.
The Pavillon des Sources is an early 20th century single-story building built on a hill cent–Genevieve in Paris Latin Quarter. It is located next to the headquarters of the Polish Nobel Prize-winning Scientific Institute and Museum. It was here that Maria Skłodowska-Curie prepared radioactive substances for research.
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The demolition of the building, based on the permit received from March 2023, was supposed to begin on January 8. Around the small building is a garden designed by a Polish Nobel laureate. The entire institution is located in the building of the Institut Curie – a foundation that works on research and treatment of oncological diseases. According to the organization, the studio has no historical value.
The demolition of the Pavillon des Sources would be a “scandal”.
Promotion of history Stephen BernieHis program “Secrets of History” has a cult status in France, in an interview with “Le Figaro” he called Curia-Skłodowska the destruction of the studio. scandal.
“Destroying the source of the Marie Curie Pavilion would be a serious mistake. What makes it valuable is its commemorative and symbolic dimension. It is a legacy. The Curie Institute and those who allowed it will surely be condemned.” he wrote on social media. Bernie also talked to the French president about saving the studio Emmanuel Macron.
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“We calmly held a complex debate on the important scientific project that should remain on Mount Sainte-Genevieve and on the issue of memory, which evokes emotions today,” the president of the Curie Institute said in a statement. He confirmed that the removal of harmful substances from the former laboratory, which was scheduled for January 8, was “suspended during negotiations”.
Who was Marie Curie-Sklodowska?
Maria Sklodowska-Curie is a Polish scientist, co-founder of the science of radioactivity, two-time Nobel Prize laureate.. The first time he received it in the field of physics, the second time – in chemistry. Polus is one of only four people to receive this award more than once. Among them, he is one of only two people to be awarded in different disciplines.
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The Polish woman's discoveries gave rise to a new branch of chemistry – radiochemistry. They were also the starting point of radiology. On his initiative, the first research on cancer treatment using radioactivity was also conducted.
In 2009, the British magazine “New Scientist” recognized Polus as “the woman who has had the greatest impact on science”. In 2018, the readers of “BBC History Magazine” named Marie Skłodowska-Curie as the most influential woman in history.
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