Curie (disambiguation)

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The Curies were a family of distinguished scientists:

• Marie Curie (1867-1934), a Polish-French chemist, physicist, and two time Nobel Prize winner
• Pierre Curie (1859-1906), Marie's husband, French physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Jacques Curie (1856 – 1941), Pierre's brother, French physicist
• Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), Marie and Pierre's daughter, French physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900-1958), Irène's husband, French physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Ève Curie (1904-2007), Marie and Pierre's second daughter, French-American writer and journalist

Things and ideas named after the Curies:

• Curie (Ci), a unit of radioactivity
• Curie point
• Curie's law
• Curium (Cm), a chemical element
• Curie (lunar crater)
• Curie Institute (Paris)
• Curie Institute (Warsaw)
• Curie (Q 87), a French submarine in the First World War
• French submarine Curie (P67), a French submarine in the Second World War

CURIE:

• CURIE, a syntax for Compact URIs.

See also:

• Currie (surname)