1. Pierre Curie [Pictures And Photos Of] Picture, Photo, Photograph; P. Curie faisant son cours, 1904 middle age, fullface,beard, suit, holding equipment, standing, laboratory; curie pierre B1. http://www.aip.org/history/esva/catalog/esva/Curie_Pierre.html

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Pierre Curie aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Pierre Curie 15. Mai Paris 19. April , Paris bei einem Verkehrsunfall) - französischer Physiker und Nobelpreisträger. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke 3 Literatur 4 Weblinks ... bearbeiten Leben Zweiter Sohn von Eugène Curie, Arzt in Paris. Schulbildung durch Privatlehrer, Abitur mit Sechzehn, mit 19 Assistent von Professor *Desain an der Fakultät der Wissenschaften. Entdeckung der Piezoelektrizität Leiter an der Schule für Physik und Chemie in Paris Theorische Arbeiten über Physik der Kristalle Magnetismus Heirat mit Maria Sklodowska am 26. Juli Töchter Irene Curie * 12. September und Eve Curie * 6. Dezember Findet zusammen mit Marie Curie das Radium und das Polonium wird Pierre Repetitor an der Ecole Polytechnique Nobelpreis für Physik gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Marie Curie und Henri Becquerel für die Entdeckung der Elemente Radium und Polonium (P. u. M. Curie) bzw. der Radioaktivität (H. Becquerel) bearbeiten Werke "Die neuen radioaktiven Substanzen und ihre Strahlung", M. u. P. Curie, "Über die radioaktiven Körper", M. u. P. Curie

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8. Pierre Curie Pierre Curie. Pierre Curie (1859 1906) French physical chemist and cowinnerof the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, trans. http://www.nobel-winners.com/Physics/pierre_curie.html

Pierre Curie Pierre Curie French physical chemist and cowinner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. He and his wife, Marie Curie, discovered radium and polonium in their investigation of radioactivity. The totally different character of paramagnetism and diamagnetism demonstrated by Curie was later explained theoretically by Paul Langevin. In 1895 Curie defended his thesis on magnetism and obtained a doctorate of science. Refusing a chair at the University of Geneva in order to continue his joint work with Marie, Pierre Curie was appointed lecturer (1900) and professor (1904) at the Sorbonne. He was elected to the Academy of Sciences (1905), having in 1903 jointly with Marie received the Royal Society's Davy Medal and jointly with her and Becquerel the Nobel Prize for Physics. He was run over by a dray in the rue Dauphine in Paris in 1906 and died instantly. An exceptional physicist, he was one of the main founders of modern physics. His complete works were published in 1908. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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10. Pierre Curie Pierre Curie. Central Africa 1977. Djibouti 1984. Monaco 1998. Romania1956. Other stamps France 1938 B76 Curie, Pierre Marie. Warning http://www.stamps.journalclub.org/mdstamps.php?personid=37

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12. Pierre Curie Curie, Pierre. Curie, Pierre (szül. 1859. Összes muveit 1908ban adták ki. Bibliográfia.Alapvetô életrajza Marie curie pierre Curie (1923) c. muve. http://www.tiszaparti-szolnok.sulinet.hu/Sulinetverseny/12b2001/Uses/20szazad/Pi

Curie, Pierre Curie, Pierre Marie Curie fedezték fel a rádiumot és a polóniumot. A paramágnesesség és diamágnesesség Curie által bebizonyított teljesen eltérô jellegére késôbb Paul Langevin adott elméleti magyarázatot. Curie 1895-ben megvédte disszertációját, és elnyerte a tudományok doktora címet. 1894 tavaszán megismerkedett Marie Sklodowskával; házasságkötésük (1895. júl. 25.) világra szóló közös tudományos sikerek kezdetét jelezte. Munkájuk elsô nagy eredménye a polónium (1898) és valamivel késôbb a rádium felfedezése volt. Henri Becquerel Pierre Curie visszautasított egy állást a Genfi Egyetemen, hogy folytathassa közös munkáját Marie-vel. 1900-tól kinevezett elôadóként, 1904-tôl pedig professzorként tanított a Sorbonne-on. Miután 1903-ban Marie-vel közösen elnyerte a Royal Society Davy-érmét, és Becquerellel megosztva ôk hárman kapták meg az 1903. évi fizikai Nobel-díjat, 1905-ben a francia Tudományos Akadémia is tagjává választotta. Pierre Curie-t 1906-ban halálra gázolta egy lovaskocsi a párizsi rue Dauphine-en. Kivételes tehetségû fizikus volt, a modern fizika egyik megalapítója. Összes mûveit 1908-ban adták ki. Bibliográfia.

13. Pierre Curie Pierre Curie. Pierre Curie (May 15, 1859 April 19, 1906) was a pioneer in thestudy of crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. http://www.fact-index.com/p/pi/pierre_curie.html

Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Pierre Curie Pierre Curie May 15 April 19 ) was a pioneer in the study of crystallography magnetism piezoelectricity and radioactivity Pierre was educated at home by his father, and in his early teens showed a strong aptitude for mathematics and geometry. By the age of 18 he had completed the equivalent of a higher degree, but did not proceed immediately to a doctorate due to lack of money. Instead he worked as a laboratory instructor. In 1880, Pierre and his older brother Jacques demonstrated that an electric potential was generated when crystals were compressed. Shortly afterwards, in 1881, they demonstrated the reverse effect: that crystals could be made to deform when subject to an electric field. Almost all digital electronic circuits now rely on this phenomenon in the form of crystal oscillators. Prior to his famous doctoral studies on magnetism he designed and perfected an extremely sensitive torsion balance for measuring magnetic coefficients. Variations on this equipment were commonly used by future workers in that area. Pierre Curie studied ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, and diamagnetism for his doctoral thesis, and discovered the effect of temperature on paramagnetism which is now known as Curie's law . The material constant in Curie's law is known as the Curie constant. He also discovered that ferromagnetic substances exhibited a critical temperature transition, above which the substances lost their ferromagnetic behaviour. This is now known as the

14. Pierre Curie Pierre Curie was born in Paris on May 15, 1859. Educated by his father,a doctor, Curie developed a passion for mathematics at the http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/curie.html

Pierre Curie was born in Paris on May 15, 1859. Educated by his father, a doctor, Curie developed a passion for mathematics at the age of 14 and showed a particular aptitude for spatial geometry, which was later to help him in his work on crystallography. Matriculating at the age of 16 and obtaining his licence ès sciences at 18, he was in 1878 taken on as laboratory assistant at the Sorbonne. He gained his Licenciateship in Physics in 1878 and continued as a demonstrator in the physics laboratory until 1882. In 1895 he obtained his Doctor of Science degree and was appointed Professor of Physics. He was promoted to Professor in the Faculty of Sciences in 1900. Later, he turned his attention to magnetism. He undertook to write a doctoral thesis with the aim of discovering if there exist any transitions between the three types of magnetism: ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, and diamagnetism. In order to measure the magnetic coefficients, he constructed a torsion balance that measured 0.01 mg, which, in a simplified version, is still used and called the magnetic balance of Curie and Chèneveau. He discovered that the magnetic coefficients of attraction of paramagnetic bodies vary in inverse proportion to the absolute temperature Curie's Law. He then established an analogy between paramagnetic bodies and perfect gases and, as a result of this, between ferromagnetic bodies and condensed fluids. Curie's studies of radioactive substances were made together with his wife, whom he married in 1895. They were achieved under conditions of much hardship with barely adequate laboratory facilities and under the stress of having to do much teaching in order to earn their livelihood. They announced the discovery of potonium and radium by fractionation of pitchblende in 1898 and later they did much to elucidate the properties of radium and its transformation products. Their work in this era formed the basis for much of the subsequent research in nuclear physics and chemistry. Together they were awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on account of their study into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Becquerel, who was awarded the other half of the Prize.

15. Pierre Curie Pierre Curie. 1859 až 1906. objev radia a polonia. Pierre Curie se narodil 15. kvetna1859 v Paríži. Ackoliv mel bratra, vyhledával samotu. Zažil Komunu. http://www.edunet.cz/fyzikove/Curie.html

Pierre Curie 1859 až 1906 objev radia a polonia Rodina Curie je ve vìdì velice známá. Pierre Curie spolu se svou manželkou Marií Sk³odovskou-Curie uèinili prùkopnické kroky v odhalování tajemství radioaktivity a položili základy novému odvìtví fyziky. V tomto èlánku zmiòme alespoò nìkteré skuteènosti ze života Pierra Curie, motivem je devadesát let uplynulých od jeho smrti. Zpoèátku se vìdecká dráha Pierra Curie shodovala se zájmy bratra Jacquesa, pozdìji hledal pøírodní zákonitosti se svojí ženou Marii Sk³odovskou-Curie. Jako manželé psali první stránky historie radioaktivity a jejího využití. I další generace Curie u radioaktivity zùstala. Není rodièù a dìtí, kteøí by dohromady byli tøikrát poctìni Nobelovou cenou (1903 P. Curie, M. Curie, H. Becquerel, 1911 M. Curie, 1935 F. Joliot-Curie, I. Joliotová-Curie). Pierre Curie se narodil 15. kvìtna 1859 v Paøíži. Aèkoliv mìl bratra, vyhledával samotu. Zažil Komunu. Tehdy spolu s otcem - lékaøem - pomáhal odnášet ranìné do klidu dvora nedaleko barikád. Když se dìjiny trochu posunuly, vìnoval se již jen poznávání zákonitostí pøírodních jevù. Domácí rodièovskou výuku vystøídal Albert Bazille, matematik a latiník. Pierra Curie velmi ovlivnil i profesor Leroux svými pøednáškami z fyziky na paøížské univerzitì, po studiích pøijal místo demonstrátora u profesora Desaainse na Sorbonì. Z "pomvìda" se brzy stal kolega, alespoò tak se jeví spoleèná práce obou pøi publikaci výsledkù hledání vlnových délek tepelných paprskù pøi nízkých teplotách. Do dalšího dìje vstoupil bratr Jaques.

16. Pierre Curie - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Pierre Curie. External links. Pierre Curie s Nobel prize, official Nobelbiography, and a detailed Nobel article about Marie and Pierre Curie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Curie

Pierre Curie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pierre Curie May 15 April 19 ) was a pioneer in the study of crystallography magnetism piezoelectricity and radioactivity Pierre was educated at home by his father, and in his early teens showed a strong aptitude for mathematics and geometry. By the age of 18 he had completed the equivalent of a higher degree, but did not proceed immediately to a doctorate due to lack of money. Instead he worked as a laboratory instructor. In 1880, Pierre and his older brother Jacques demonstrated that an electric potential was generated when crystals were compressed. Shortly afterwards, in 1881, they demonstrated the reverse effect: that crystals could be made to deform when subject to an electric field. Almost all digital electronic circuits now rely on this phenomenon in the form of crystal oscillators Prior to his famous doctoral studies on magnetism he designed and perfected an extremely sensitive torsion balance for measuring magnetic coefficients. Variations on this equipment were commonly used by future workers in that area. Pierre Curie studied ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, and diamagnetism for his doctoral thesis, and discovered the effect of temperature on paramagnetism which is now known as Curie's law . The material constant in Curie's law is known as the Curie constant. He also discovered that ferromagnetic substances exhibited a critical temperature transition, above which the substances lost their ferromagnetic behaviour. This is now known as the

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18. Atomicarchive.com: Pierre Curie Pierre Curie (1859 1906). Pierre Curie was born in Paris on May 15, 1859. Hegained his degrees in Physics in 1878. Pierre and Marie Curie. Related Sites. http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/PierreCurie.shtml

Search: Biographies Glossary Historical Documents Arms Control Treaties ... Book Reviews Pierre Curie Pierre Curie was born in Paris on May 15, 1859. He gained his degrees in Physics in 1878. In 1895 he obtained his Doctor of Science degree and was appointed Professor of Physics. He was promoted to Professor in the Faculty of Sciences in 1900, and in 1904 he became Titular Professor. Curie's studies of radioactive substances were achieved under conditions of much hardship - barely adequate laboratory facilities and under the stress of having to do much teaching in order to earn their livelihood. Their work in this era formed the basis for much of the subsequent research in nuclear physics and chemistry. Together they were awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 for their study into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Henri Becquerel, who was awarded the other half of the Prize. Pierre was killed in a street accident in Paris on April 19, 1906. About Us Support Privacy Site Map Related Photograph Pierre and Marie Curie Related Sites ALSOS Library on Nuclear Issues Entry

19. Pierre Curie - Biography pierre curie – Biography. pierre curie was born in Paris, wherehis father was a general medical practitioner, on May 15, 1859. http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1903/pierre-curie-bio.html

Pierre Curie was born in Paris, where his father was a general medical practitioner, on May 15, 1859. He received his early education at home before entering the Faculty of Sciences at the Sorbonne. He gained his Licenciateship in Physics in 1878 and continued as a demonstrator in the physics laboratory until 1882 when he was placed in charge of all practical work in the Physics and Industrial Chemistry Schools. In 1895 he obtained his Doctor of Science degree and was appointed Professor of Physics. He was promoted to Professor in the Faculty of Sciences in 1900, and in 1904 he became Titular Professor. In his early studies on crystallography, together with his brother Jacques, Curie discovered piezoelectric effects. Later, he advanced theories of symmetry with regard to certain physical phenomena and turned his attention to magnetism. He showed that the magnetic properties of a given substance change at a certain temperature - this temperature is now known as the Curie point. To assist in his experiments he constructed several delicate pieces of apparatus - balances, electrometers, piezoelectric crystals, etc. Curie's studies of radioactive substances were made together with his wife, whom he married in 1895. They were achieved under conditions of much hardship - barely adequate laboratory facilities and under the stress of having to do much teaching in order to earn their livelihood. They announced the discovery of radium and polonium by fractionation of pitchblende in 1898 and later they did much to elucidate the properties of radium and its transformation products. Their work in this era formed the basis for much of the subsequent research in nuclear physics and chemistry. Together they were awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on account of their study into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Becquerel, who was awarded the other half of the Prize.

20. The Curies Short biographical article tells about the husbandwife team who spent much of their careers studying radioactivity. From PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cstars_curies.html

MARIE and PIERRE CURIE Radioactivity Ernest Rutherford B orn in Poland during a time of Russian domination, Marie Sklodowska (1867-1934) had no real opportunity for an education after high school. She saved her hard-earned money to help pay for her older sisterís medical studies in Paris, then followed her to France in 1891, studying at the Sorbonne. In 1894, she met the French chemist Pierre Curie (1859-1906), and they were married a year later. Although Pierre had already made a name for himself, their collaboration proved far more fruitful than his solo career. They spent much of their careers studying radioactivity (a term coined by Marie), examining the particles and energy produced as radioactive atoms decayed, and in the process learned about the building blocks of matter. They established that the heavy element thorium was radioactive and discovered two new elements: polonium and radium. They refined techniques for extracting radium from ores. Marie won Nobel Prizes in both physics and chemistry for their work. (Pierre failed to share in the second simply because he was dead.) Yet despite living in near povertyóthey spent most of their money on further researchóthey were idealistic enough to refuse to patent any of their potentially lucrative discoveries. Pierre was killed when he was run down by a horse-drawn carriage. Marie died of leukemia, almost certainly the result of a lifetime of exposure to high levels of radiation. Ironically, one of the enduring applications of their work has been in the treatment of cancer with radiation.

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