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Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)

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Pierre Curie

French physicist and chemist (1859–1906)

Pierre Curie was a French physicist and chemist, and a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, and radioactivity. He shared one half of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife Marie Curie "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint…
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Nobel Prize in Physics

One of five prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and…
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April 19

Day of the year

April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 256 days remain until the end of the year.
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