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Curies refers to the Curie family, a French lineage renowned for pioneering work in radioactivity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The most prominent figures are Pierre Curie and Marie Skłodowska Curie, who together conducted groundbreaking research, isolated polonium and radium, and developed methods for measuring radioactivity. Their collaboration with Henri Becquerel helped establish the study of radioactive phenomena as a rigorous scientific field.

In 1903, the Curies and Becquerel were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their combined work

The Curie influence extended to later generations, including Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, who were awarded

The term curie (Ci) is a historical unit of radioactivity named in honor of the Curies. One

The Curie legacy encompasses fundamental advances in radiochemistry, medical applications of radioactive isotopes, and the broader

on
radioactivity.
Marie
Curie
received
a
second
Nobel
Prize
in
Chemistry
in
1911
for
the
discovery
of
polonium
and
radium,
making
her
the
first
person
to
win
Nobel
Prizes
in
two
sciences.
the
1935
Nobel
Prize
in
Chemistry
for
their
discovery
of
artificial
radioactivity.
Marie
Curie’s
daughter
Ève
Curie
wrote
a
biography
of
her
mother,
contributing
to
the
public
understanding
of
her
scientific
legacy.
curie
equals
3.7×10^10
disintegrations
per
second,
a
measure
once
common
in
radiology
and
medicine
but
largely
superseded
by
the
becquerel
in
the
International
System
of
Units
(1
Ci
=
37×10^9
Bq).
social
impact
of
women
in
science,
with
lasting
influence
on
physics,
chemistry,
and
science
education.