Saturday, June 1, 2013
Curie Walking Tour- Kjerstin
It was so cool to see all of the sights on the walking tour of Marie and Pierre Curie's life. I absolutely love the book that we are reading (Radioactive by Lauren Redniss) about the Curie's, so seeing the actual places that they lived and worked was very interesting. It was cool to see some real examples of the products that the general public put radium into at the time of the Curie's first discoveries. It is crazy how fast and widespread they put radium into without knowing the possible effects that it could have. Seeing these things made me happy for the FDA and government organizations that regulate things like that today. It was overall a great experience to see these things firsthand!
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I agree that it was nice to be able to tie the reading to actual life events of seeing where she lived and worked. I also have to agree that the FDA is a very important part of modern day American life.
ReplyDeleteWhile the FDA helps yes, you still see these same mistakes happening today. They release a drug they think is safe, 6 months later its being pulled from the market.
ReplyDeleteAlso the things that they claimed had Radium in them some of them didn't even have radium they just called them Radium, much like goes on today with the word/element Titanium. That interested me.
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ReplyDeleteI thought it was neat to see some of the places the Curies lived firsthand because it made them more relatable as actual people. I also thought it was neat because I was then able to relate more to the difficulties Marie Curie must have endured being a woman scientist in her era and compare her experiences to the article ' The Mind has no sex'.
Oh, and Radioactive was an interesting book to read, it was helpful to be able to point at some of the pictures in the book and saying, I'VE BEEN THERE!!! and go back to the reading to find out why it is there and what sorts of fun stuff happened to cause these things to exist and what can be done with the knowledge in the future.
ReplyDeleteCome on, radium make up would be awesome. Honestly, who wouldn't love glow in the dark make up? Seriously though, it does make me feel good that the FDA does regulate things.
ReplyDeleteI found it fasinating that people were able to advertise radium as having properties that were never even thought to be tested until it was already on the labels.
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