Frederic Joliot-Curie

thumb|Frederic Joliot-Curie in 1935 Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French physicist, who shared the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife Irène Joliot-Curie for the discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married couple, after his wife's parents, to win the Nobel Prize, adding to the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. Joliot-Curie and his wife also founded the Orsay Faculty of Sciences, part of the Paris-Saclay University. Quotes It is because I know all that science can bring to the world that I shall continue my efforts to ensure that it contributes to the happiness of all men, whether they be white, black, or yellow, and not to their annihilation in the name of some divine mission or other. Pierre Biquard, translated by Geoffrey Strachan Frédéric Joliot-Curie: the man and his theories Eriksson 1966 129 External links Frédéric Joliot-Curie Frederic Joliot-Curie Category:Academics from France Category:Physicists from France Category:Chemists from France Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry Category:1900 births Category:1958 deaths Category:Politicians from France Category:Activists from France Category:Atheists from France Category:Communists from France Category:People from Paris Category:Stalin Peace Prize recipients