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May 11, 2024 · Pierre Curie (born May 15, 1859, Paris, France—died April 19, 1906, Paris) was a French physical chemist, cowinner with his wife Marie Curie of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. He and Marie discovered radium and polonium in their investigation of radioactivity.
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Apr 30, 2024 · With Henri Becquerel and her husband, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics. She was the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only woman to win the award in two different fields.
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2 days ago · Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie [a] ( Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri] ⓘ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie ( / ˈkjʊəri / KURE-ee, [1] French: [maʁi kyʁi] ), was a Polish and naturalised -French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
1 day ago · Marie Curie won the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics along with her husband Pierre. Curie also won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
May 2, 2024 · Ève Curie (born Dec. 6, 1904, Paris, France—died Oct. 22, 2007, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a French and American concert pianist, journalist, and diplomat, a daughter of Pierre Curie and Marie Curie. She is best known for writing a biography of her mother, Madame Curie (1937). Early life.
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2 days ago · Curium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Cm and atomic number 96. This transuranic actinide element was named after eminent scientists Marie and Pierre Curie, both known for their research on radioactivity.
May 16, 2024 · 01 Pierre and Marie Curie were the first people in the world to use the word radioactivity. 02 Their shared surname, Curie, became the standard unit to measure radioactivity. 03 Their peers considered Marie as Pierre’s greatest discovery. 04 Marie turned down membership in France’s Legion of Honor in 1921.
