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Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie

DEFINITIONS OF: Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie

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n French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958)

Synonyms:
Jean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot, Joliot-Curie
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physicist
a scientist trained in physics
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