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Pierre Curie (/ ˈ k jʊər i / KURE-ee; [1] French: [pjɛʁ kyʁi]; 15 May 1859 – 19 April 1906) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity.
Apr 2, 2014 · French physicist Pierre Curie was one of the founding fathers of modern physics and is best known for being a pioneer in radioactive studies. He and his wife, Marie Curie, won the Nobel Prize...
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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She is the author of a famous biography of her mother, Madame Curie (Gallimard, Paris, 1938), translated into several languages. Pierre was killed in a street accident in Paris on April 19, 1906. From Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1967.
Dec 1, 1996 · In 1903, Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physics. The citation was, “in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel.”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903. Born: 15 May 1859, Paris, France. Died: 19 April 1906, Paris, France. Affiliation at the time of the award: École municipale de physique et de chimie industrielles (Municipal School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry), Paris, France.
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Aug 18, 2024 · The sudden death of Pierre Curie (April 19, 1906) was a bitter blow to Marie Curie, but it was also a decisive turning point in her career: henceforth she was to devote all her energy to completing alone the scientific work that they had undertaken.
