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Marie and Pierre Curie and radium: History, mystery, and discovery
Author(s) -
Mould R. F.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.598680
Subject(s) - marie curie , curie , radium , scientific discovery , medicine , physics , curie temperature , psychology , condensed matter physics , nuclear physics , business , cognitive science , european union , ferromagnetism , economic policy
Commencing with Marie Curie's early life in Poland and the discovery of radium in the rue l'Homond “shed” in Paris in 1898, this paper includes some little known facts. It ends with some unusual uses of and claims for radium, and finally, because Medical Physics is an American journal, details are included of Marie Curie's two visits to the USA.