Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment
- Written by Artemis Spyrou, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Michigan State University
Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie shared the Nobel Prize in 1935. Bettmann/Contributor via Getty ImagesThe adage goes “like mother like daughter,” and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the daughter of two Nobel Prize laureates, Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, and was herself awarded the Nobel Prize...