Irene Joliot-Curie

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Irene Joliot-Curie

• By
• Milan Artis
• Margaret Longwith
• Amber Harrison

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Biography

• Irene Joliot-Curie was born in Paris, France on
  September 12th 1897
• Was the eldest of two and her parents were Marie
  and Pierre Curie
• Irene was a very intelligent and bright and
  especially bright in mathematics
• Married Frederic Joliot on October 29th 1926

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• They had two children, Helen and Pierre
• Because of their overexposure with radiation
  both Irene and her husband got Leukemia and died
  from this illness
• Irene died in 1956
• Helen (her daughter) became a nuclear physicist

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Schooling

• Began schooling when she was 6 years old
• The school closest to their home was not
  considered suitable so she attended one called
  Cassini which was located near the Observatory
• Because Irene had such a gift for learning, no
  school seemed challenging enough so she and 9
  others began to be home schooled

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Schooling Continued

• To finish her education she attended the College
  of Sevigne and completed secondary school in 1914
  
• Went to Sorbonne to study mathematics and physics
  
• Completed and obtained both her B.A. and M.A. in
  two years
• Also helped mother in Radium Institute (this is
  where she began to become interested in
  radioactivity)

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Irenes Discoveries and Life Work

• Discoveries
• Discovered and demonstrated artificial
  radioactivity
• Also confirmed discovery of positron
• Produced a radioactive form of nitrogen

• Lifes Work
• From discovery of positron the periodic table was
  transfigured (adding more than 400 radioisotopes)
• Discovery changed understanding of relationship
  between elements

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Honors She Received

• Irene and Frederic (her husband) were awarded
  the Noble Prize in 1935
• It was awarded for their production of an
  artificial radioactive element that is naturally
  stable
• She was a member of the French Atomic Energy
  Commission, director of the Institute of Radium,
  and she became the legion of Honor in 1939
• There partners had also been awarded Noble
  Prizes
• James Chadwick- 1932
• C.D. Anderson - 1936

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Pictures
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Bibliography

• 1The Heart of the Matter. Home page. 2002.
  Esploratorium. 4 Apr 2002. lthttp//www.exploratori
  um.edu/origins/cern/ideas/antimatter.htmlgt
• Irene Joliot-Curie. Homepage. 1995.
  Distinguished Women of Past and Present. 19 Mar
  2002. lthttp//www.distinguishedwomen.com/biograph
  ies/joliot.htmlgt
• Irene Joliot-Curie. Homepage. 2002. Woodrow
  Wilson Leadership Program in Chemistry. 19 March
  2002. lthttp//www.woodrow.org/teachers/chemistry/
  institutes/1992/IreneJoliot-Curie.htmlgt

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Bibliography

• Irene Joliot-Curie - Biography. Homepage. 15
  Mar 2002. The Nobel Foundation. 19 Marc 2002.
  lthttp//www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1935/joli
  ot-curie-bio.htmlgt
• Joliot-Curie. Homepage. 2001. Bartleby. 19
  March 2002. lthttp//www.bartleby.com/65/jo/Joliot
  cu.htmlgt
• "Joliot-Curie, Irene" CWP. 1996.
  lthttp//www.physics.ucla.edu/cwpgt