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Pierre Curie
Discovering polonium and radium with Marie Curie.
Radioactivity · Magnetism
- Born
- 15 May 1859
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 19 April 1906
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Pierre Curie
A French physicist whose work on crystals, magnetism and radiation combined precise measurement with new physical insights.
Early life
Home education
Educated at home by a family that encouraged science.
Paris studies
Studied physics at the University of Paris.
Career
- 1882
Laboratory teaching
Joined the institution now known as ESPCI Paris.
- 1895
Doctorate
Completed research on magnetism.
- 1904
Paris chair
Became a professor at the Faculty of Sciences.
Contributions
Piezoelectricity
With his brother Jacques, showed that pressure on crystals produces electric charge.
New elements
Worked with Marie Curie on polonium and radium.
Physics Nobel
Shared the prize with Marie Curie and Henri Becquerel.
Beyond the lab
Scientific partnership
Married Marie Curie in 1895.
Family
Their daughters were Irène and Ève.
Sources & photo credit
Biographical reference ↗Musée Curie: piezoelectricity ↗Photo: Dujardin. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
