Pierre Curie was a French physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.
Personal Information
Complete Name –> Pierre Curie
Birth Date –> 15 May 1859
Death –> 19 April 1906 (aged 46)
Nationality –> French
Family
Wife –> Marie Curie
Children –> Irène Joliot-Curie, Ève Curie
Education
College –> University of Paris
Degree –> Physics
Accomplishment
* Discovery of Radioactivity
* Pioneering research in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity
* Known for Curie’s law, Curie’s Principle, Curie constant, Curie temperature, Curie–Weiss law and Mean-field theory
Awards
1903 – Nobel Prize for Physics with wife Marie Curie and Henri Becquerel
See also: List of Nobel Prize in Physics
See also: List of Inventors