Sir Isaac Newton and Marie Curie

Sir Isaac Newton, a seventeenth century ____ was a genius, but that didn’t stop him from doing some stupid things.

In his _____   in Cambridge he of­ten did the strangest experiments. 

Once, while investigating how lenses transmit light, he ____  a long needle into his eye and pushed it to the back.

Then he moved it around just to see what would _____

Miraculously, nothing long-lasting did. On another occasion he stared at the sun for as long as to discover what _____  this would have on his vision.

Again he escaped suffering permanent damage, though he had to spend some days in a darkened room before his eyes _____    

In the early 1900s Marie Curie and her husband Pierre______ radiation

Nobody realized what a dangerous and ______ phenomenon it was — in fact most people thought that it was very good for health. 

There was even a hotel in New York which, in the 1920s, advertised the medicinal effect of its ______ waters.

Ma­rie experienced radiation  _______ and died of leukaemia.

Even now, all her papers from the 1890s are too dangerous to _____        . 

Her laboratory books are kept in special lead boxes and people who want to see them have to wear ______ clothing.

Answer the questions to the texts.

Which scientist was injured twice while he/she was doing experiments?

Which scientist discovered something which slowly killed him/her?

Which scientist was lucky to escape dangerous injuries?

Which scientist died of cancer?

Which scientist  needed some time to recover from the experiment?

Which scientist left something which is still dangerous today?