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SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - JOLIOT-CURIE Jean Frédéric (1900 - 1958) - Signed printed photograph

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - JOLIOT-CURIE Jean Frédéric (1900 - 1958) - Signed printed photograph

Lot 929 · The Langer Collection · 29 April 2024
In collaboration with his wife Irène, he discovered artificial radioactivity by observing the spontaneous disintegration of elements obtained by bombarding other elements with alpha particles. He had Europe's first cyclotron built. He was President of the World Peace Council and the first High Commissioner for Atomic Energy. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1935.
Signed printed photograph applied to cardboard in-16, to Paul Langer.