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Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie. By: Joseph. Pierre Curie. Born May 15, 1859 in France Died April 19, 1906 in a street accident. Married to Marie Sklodowska. Early life and work.

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Pierre Curie

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  1. Pierre Curie By: Joseph

  2. Pierre Curie • Born May 15, 1859 in France • Died April 19, 1906 in a street accident. • Married to Marie Sklodowska

  3. Early life and work • He received his pre-university education entirely at home, taught first by his mother and then by his father as well as his older brother, Jacques. • By the age of 18 he had completed the equivalent of a higher degree at the Sorbonne, also known as the University of Paris, but did not proceed immediately to a doctorate due to lack of money.

  4. Accomplishments • He gained his Licentiateship in Physics in 1878 • Industrial and chemistry schools • Pierre and Marie discovered that beta rays are negatively charged particles. • Pierre Curie, along with one of his students, made the first discovery of nuclear energy.

  5. More accomplishments • Found elements Polonium and Radium while working with Marie Currie • Polonium- A rare and highly radioactive element with no stable isotopes. • Radium-discovered December 21, 1898 in a uraninite sample. While studying the mineral the Curies removed uranium from it and found that the remaining material was still radioactive.

  6. Reference • http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/pierre-curie-bio.html • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pierre_Curie • http://www.renewablepowernews.com/archives/1445 • http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium • http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium • http://www.123rf.com/photo_6262468_3d-radioactive-symbol-isolated-on-black.html

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