Chemist no. 270 of 350 · Nuclear/Radiochemistry

Pierre Curie

1859-1906FranceNobel Physics 1903

Radioactivity research; piezoelectricity

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Pierre Curie: Crystals, Magnets and the Discovery of Radium and Polonium

Pierre Curie's work on piezoelectricity, magnetism (Curie's law, Curie point) and, with Marie, polonium and radium. Physics Nobel 1903. Exam notes.

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Pierre Curie (1859–1906): A Quiet Genius of Physics and Radioactivity

Life of Pierre Curie, French physicist, co-discoverer of polonium and radium and 1903 Physics Nobel laureate, from early life to his tragic death in 1906.

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