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Irène Joliot-Curie (French: [iʁɛn ʒɔljo kyʁi] ⓘ; née Curie; 12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French chemist, physicist and politician, the elder daughter of Pierre Curie and Marie Skłodowska–Curie, and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie.
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Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie were French physical chemists, husband and wife, who were jointly awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their discovery of new radioactive isotopes prepared artificially. They were the son-in-law and daughter of Nobel Prize winners Pierre and Marie Curie.
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Sep 12, 2011 · The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935. Born: 12 September 1897, Paris, France. Died: 17 March 1956, Paris, France. Affiliation at the time of the award: Institut du Radium, Paris, France. Prize motivation: “in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements”. Prize share: 1/2.
Irène Curie and Frédéric Joliot announced the discovery of a new type of radioactivity and of the artificial formation of light radioactive isotopes in a note to the Academy of Sciences on 15 January 1934.
Joliot-Curie, Irène (1897–1956) French physicist awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, along with her husband, for the discovery of artificial radium, who was appointed a minister of France before the nation's women were allowed to vote and was dedicated to preserving the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
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The radiochemist Irène Joliot-Curie was a battlefield radiologist, activist, politician, and daughter of two of the most famous scientists in the world: Marie and Pierre Curie. Along with her husband, Frédéric, she discovered the first-ever artificially created radioactive atoms, paving the way for innumerable medical advances, especially in ...
