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Henri Becquerel. Antoine Henri Becquerel ( / ˌbɛkəˈrɛl /; [3] French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ʁi bɛkʁɛl]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French engineer, physicist, Nobel laureate, and the first person to discover radioactivity. For work in this field he, along with Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie, [4] received ...
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May 9, 2024 · Henri Becquerel (born December 15, 1852, Paris, France—died August 25, 1908, Le Croisic) was a French physicist who discovered radioactivity through his investigations of uranium and other substances. In 1903 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie. He was a member of a scientific family extending through several ...
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Antoine Henri Becquerel. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903. Born: 15 December 1852, Paris, France. Died: 25 August 1908, France. Affiliation at the time of the award: École Polytechnique, Paris, France. Prize motivation: “in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity”.
Aug 9, 2019 · Antoine Henri Becquerel (born December 15, 1852 in Paris, France), known as Henri Becquerel, was a French physicist who discovered radioactivity, a process in which an atomic nucleus emits particles because it is unstable. He won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie, the latter of whom was Becquerel’s graduate student.
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Antoine Henri Becquerel, né le 15 décembre 1852 dans le 12 e arrondissement de Paris [2] et mort le 25 août 1908 au Croisic, est un physicien français. Il découvre la radioactivité en 1896 et il est lauréat de la moitié du prix Nobel de physique de 1903 (partagé avec Marie Curie et son mari Pierre Curie ) [ 3 ] .
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Oct 31, 2008 · In 1908 the discoverer of radioactivity, Henri Becquerel, died, and in the same year Ernest Rutherford was awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry for his work on radioactivity. Antoine-Henri Becquerel was born in Paris on 15 December 1852, the son of the French physicist Alexandre Edmond Becquerel who was known for his work on luminescence and ...
Henri Becquerel, (born Dec. 15, 1852, Paris, France—died Aug. 25, 1908, Le Croisic), French physicist. His grandfather, Antoine-César (1788–1878), was one of the founders of the field of electrochemistry, and his father, Alexandre-Edmond (1820–91), made important studies of light phenomena. Henri likewise studied phosphorescent materials ...
