The farther the experiment is from the theory, the closer it is to the Nobel Prize. — Irene (Irene and her mother in 1925, image via Wikimedia Commons) Her mother was the award-winning Marie Curie, yes, of course, and her husband Frederic Joliot was a famed chemist in his own right, but it was Irene's own work in artificial radioactivity that won her her own acclaim. Working with many of the same elements that ultimately took her mother's life, Irene experimented with creating new elements and changing properties, making huge strides in the then-burgeoning field of nuclear physics.
A Woman to Know: Irene Joliot-Curie
A Woman to Know: Irene Joliot-Curie
A Woman to Know: Irene Joliot-Curie
The farther the experiment is from the theory, the closer it is to the Nobel Prize. — Irene (Irene and her mother in 1925, image via Wikimedia Commons) Her mother was the award-winning Marie Curie, yes, of course, and her husband Frederic Joliot was a famed chemist in his own right, but it was Irene's own work in artificial radioactivity that won her her own acclaim. Working with many of the same elements that ultimately took her mother's life, Irene experimented with creating new elements and changing properties, making huge strides in the then-burgeoning field of nuclear physics.