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Pierre Curie (/ ˈ k jʊər i / KURE-ee, French: [pjɛʁ kyʁi]; 15 May 1859 – 19 April 1906) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity.
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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Curie was awarded the Davy Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1903 (jointly with his wife) and in 1905 he was elected to the Academy of Sciences. His wife was formerly Marie Sklodowska, daughter of a secondary-school teacher at Warsaw, Poland.
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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.
Dec 1, 1996 · On April 19, 1906, Pierre Curie was run over by a horse-drawn wagon near the Pont Neuf in Paris and killed. Now Marie was left alone with two daughters, Irène aged 9 and Ève aged 2. Shock broke her down totally to begin with.
Learn about Pierre Curie, the French physicist who discovered polonium and radium with his wife Marie. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with them and Henri Becquerel for their research on radioactivity.
Jul 7, 2021 · Pierre Curie was a French physicist and chemist who co-discovered radioactivity, radium, and polonium with his wife Marie. He also made significant contributions to magnetism, piezoelectricity, and crystallography.
