Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie (/pjɛʁ kyʁi/; French: [pjɛʁ kyʁi]; 15 May 1859 – 19 April 1906) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, and Henri Becquerel, "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel".
Etymology
The name "Pierre" is of French origin and means "rock" or "stone". The surname "Curie" is a common French surname and does not have a specific known etymology.
Related Terms
- Physicist: A scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which deals with the properties and interactions of matter and energy.
- Crystallography: The science that examines the arrangement of atoms in crystalline solids.
- Magnetism: A class of physical phenomena that includes forces exerted by magnets on other magnets.
- Piezoelectricity: The electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials in response to applied mechanical stress.
- Radioactivity: The process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation.
- Nobel Prize in Physics: Awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of physics.
- Marie Curie: A Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
- Henri Becquerel: A French engineer, physicist, Nobel laureate, and the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity.
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