--- title: "4 Frédéric Joliot-Curie Quotes - Famous Nuclear physicist" description: "French scientist (1900-1958)... | Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Frédéric Joliot-Curie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278.jpg) # Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900–1958) Nuclear Physicist **4** quotes in **50** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a nuclear physicist. ## Quick Facts About Frédéric Joliot-Curie Born March 19, 1900 Died August 14, 1958 Profession Nuclear Physicist ## About Frédéric Joliot-Curie French scientist (1900-1958)... \| Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife, Irène Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married couple, after his parents-in-law, to win the Nobel Prize, adding to the Curie fam ## Quotes by Frédéric Joliot-Curie > [“It is because I know all that science can bring to the world that I shall continue my efforts to ensure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie/it-is-because-i-know-all-that-science-can-bring-to-the-world-that-i/) Frédéric Joliot-Curie [Annihilation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/annihilation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278_annihilation_it-is-because-i-know-all-that-science-ca_310807.png) > [Some months ago we discovered that certain light elements emit positrons under the action of alpha particles. Our latest experiments have shown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie/some-months-ago-we-discovered-that-certain-light-elements-emit/) Frederic Joliot-Curie [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278_action_some-months-ago-we-discovered-that-certa_554473.jpg) > [We bombarded aluminum with alpha rays … then after a certain period of irradiation, we removed the source of alpha rays. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie/we-bombarded-aluminum-with-alpha-rays-then-after-a-certain-period-of/) Frederic Joliot-Curie [Alphas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alphas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278_alphas_we-bombarded-aluminum-with-alpha-rays-th_1217364.jpg) > [I have always attached great importance to the manner in which an experiment is set up and conducted ... the experiment should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie/i-have-always-attached-great-importance-to-the-manner-in-which-an/) Frederic Joliot-Curie [Experiment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experiment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278_experiment_i-have-always-attached-great-importance_1881184.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie/#itemlist", "name": "Frédéric Joliot-Curie Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frédéric Joliot-Curie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie/it-is-because-i-know-all-that-science-can-bring-to-the-world-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278_annihilation_it-is-because-i-know-all-that-science-ca_310807.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278_annihilation_it-is-because-i-know-all-that-science-ca_310807.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/fr-d-ric-joliot-curie-69278_annihilation_it-is-because-i-know-all-that-science-ca_310807.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is because I know all that science can bring to the world that I shall continue my efforts to ensure that…” — Frédéric Joliot-Curie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some months ago we discovered that certain light elements emit positrons under the action of alpha particles. 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