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The Birth Of Irene Joliot Curie
Mrs. Irene Curie was born in Paris on this date. -
Graduation
Irene Curie graduated from Sevigne College and then went to the University of Paris. -
Studies
Irene temporarily left her studies to become a nurse radiographer. -
University Of Paris
Irene went back to the University of Paris where she recieved her Ph.D. -
Doctor Of Science
Irene became Doctor of Science in this year, she made a thesis on the alpha rays of polonium. ( Which couldn't be found what it stated.) -
Marriage
She married her lovely husband and former physicist Frederic. -
The Joliot-Curie Team
Irene and her came up with the first simulated radioactivity in atoms from stable elements. -
Nobel Prize
Irene and her husband were both awarded with The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for that great discovery. -
Action Of Neutrons
Irene researched athe action of neutrons. ( This was a very important step in the discovery of uranium fission.) -
Director
She was pronounced the Director of the Radium Institute. -
French Atomic Energy Commission
Irene assisted her husband and other scientists with the establishing of France's first atomic pile. -
Discontinued
Irene was exempt from her work because of her afflilation with the French Communist party. ( Which her husband founded.) -
Death
Irene was trying to fight her leukemia that came because of the exposure to all of the radioactive elements.
