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# Irene Joliot-Curie

(1897–1956)   Physicist

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Irene Joliot-Curie was a physicist.

## Quick Facts About Irene Joliot-Curie

Born September 12, 1897

Died March 17, 1956

Profession Physicist

## About Irene Joliot-Curie

French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)... \| Irène Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married couple, after her parents, to win the Nobel Prize, adding to the Curie family legac

##  Quotes by Irene Joliot-Curie

> [The farther the experiment is from theory, the closer it is to the Nobel Prize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irene-joliot-curie/the-farther-the-experiment-is-from-theory-the-closer-it-is-to-the/)

[Irene Joliot-Curie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irene-joliot-curie/)

[Close minded](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/close-minded/)

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> [ That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother \[Marie Curie\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irene-joliot-curie/that-one-must-do-some-work-seriously-and-must-be-independent-and-not/)

[Irene Joliot-Curie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irene-joliot-curie/)

[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

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> [“That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life—this our mother has told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irene-joliot-curie/that-one-must-do-some-work-seriously-and-must-be-independent-and-not-2/)

[Irène Joliot-Curie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irene-joliot-curie/)

[Career](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/career/)

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