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Jun 3, 2024 · Marie Curie (born November 7, 1867, Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire—died July 4, 1934, near Sallanches, France) was a Polish-born French physicist, famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. With Henri Becquerel and her husband, Pierre Curie, she was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Pierre Curie (born May 15, 1859, Paris, France—died April...
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Timeline of events in the life of Marie Curie. The...
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Marie Curie, orig. Maria Skłodowska, (born Nov. 7, 1867,...
- Henri Becquerel
In 1903 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Pierre...
- Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann (born Aug. 16, 1845, Hollerich,...
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3 days ago · Marie Curie's birthplace, 16 Freta Street, Warsaw, Poland. Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri] ⓘ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie (/ ˈ k j ʊər i / KURE-ee, French: [maʁi kyʁi]), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
May 29, 2024 · Louis Pasteur grew up in a relatively poor family. He was one of four children, and his father was a tanner. In 1849 he married Marie Laurent, the daughter of the rector of the University of Strasbourg, where Pasteur was a professor of chemistry. They had five children together, only two of whom survived to adulthood.
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- Among Louis Pasteur’s discoveries were molecular asymmetry, the fact that molecules can have the same chemical composition with different structure...
- Louis Pasteur is best known for inventing the process that bears his name, pasteurization. Pasteurization kills microbes and prevents spoilage in b...
- Pasteurization is a heat-treatment process that destroys pathogenic microorganisms in certain foods and beverages. It is used for preserving goods...
3 days ago · Louis Pasteur. Louis Pasteur ForMemRS ( / ˈluːi pæˈstɜːr /, French: [lwi pastœʁ]; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him.
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1 day ago · Overview: Haiti’s government published Tuesday the decree officially naming the ministers forming Prime Minister Garry Conille’s cabinet. A 14-minister government overseeing 18 ministries succeeds Ariel Henry’s administration, which led Haiti following President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in July 2021.
3 days ago · Susan Marie Stormer Pezzi, MD March 22, 1930-June 10, 2024 On Monday, June 10, Susan Marie Stormer Pezzi, a beloved and amazing wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a compassionate and skilled physician, passed away. She was born on March 22, 1930 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to the late Regis and Mary Ann (Forr) Stormer. Susan graduated near the top of her high school class in 1948 ...
