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Contents 1 Paragraphs academic carreer 2 Infobox 3 The unit curie 4 Paranormal research 5 Comments on degrees do not make sense in English

[edit] Paragraphs academic carreer

This article talks extensively about Curie's research, and that is good. But what it skips is his education; where he went to University, and under whom he studied. It says famous doctoral studies on magnetism, but does mention when/where/with whom. Also no mention about academic career, when/where appointed. Also it needs structuring into paragraphs 67.72.98.82 08:55, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

A recently added infobox has been removed with the statement "adds nothing except for links to France." Please discuss pros and cons for its removal to reach consensus. Here is what it looked like:

Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie
Born	May 15, 1859 Paris, France
Died	April 19, 1906 Paris, France
Residence	France
Nationality	French
Field	Physicist
Institution	Sorbonne
Alma mater	Sorbonne
Academic advisor	<please insert>
Notable students	<please insert>
Known for	Radioactivity
Notable prizes	Nobel Prize for Physics (1903), Davy Medal (1903), Matteucci Medal (1904)

Francophiles speak now of forever hold your peace :-) bunix 10:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

All general arguments at the TfD apply. The infobox adds nothing, only provides redundancy and form over content thinking. --Pjacobi 22:09, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Dear P, The TfD has reached a consensus that the infobox should be trimmed. I have now added a trimmed version according to the consensus that was obtained at: [1] Your point about redundancy is somewhat redundant, as by definition the box is a summary. The idea of any summary is it is a compressed form of redundancy. We all know that, so you are not saying anything new! Best regards, bunix 12:45, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The unit curie

It seems as if there is some ambiguity as to whether the curie, the unit of radioactivity, was named after Pierre and/or Marie Curie. See [2] Should the article reflect that? Olin 17:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paranormal research

It's not a well-known fact that Pierre Curie was primarily a paranormal researcher before he won the Nobel Prize for co-discovering the properties of radioactivity with his wife Marie. [3] Landroo 04:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comments on degrees do not make sense in English

The following may be a mistranslation: "By the age of 18 he had completed the equivalent of a higher degree, but did not proceed immediately to a doctorate due to lack of money." The term "higher degree" does not have a specific meaning in English. It may be that the writer means a postgraduate degree, and in this case it would have to be a masters degree, as the point being made is that he did not have a doctorate. Could someone please clarify what he did have at 18, and either make the "equivalent of" comparison meaningful to English-speaking readers or simply remove it. 82.18.125.110 18:48, 26 December 2006 (UTC)