Irène Joliot-Curie

Biography

Irène Joliot-Curie, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, shared the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband Frédéric for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. She demonstrated that radioactive elements could be artificially produced, opening the door to nuclear medicine and advancing nuclear physics. Like her mother, she died from leukemia caused by prolonged radiation exposure. She also served in the French government as undersecretary of state for scientific research.

伊雷娜·约里奥-居里是玛丽和皮埃尔·居里的女儿，与丈夫弗雷德里克因发现人工放射性而分享了1935年诺贝尔化学奖。她证明放射性元素可以人工制造，为核医学打开了大门，推动了核物理学的发展。和她的母亲一样，她死于长期辐射暴露引起的白血病。她还在法国政府担任科学研究国务副秘书。

Key Achievements

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1935) for artificial radioactivity

  因人工放射性获诺贝尔化学奖（1935年）

• Part of the only mother-daughter Nobel Prize pair

  唯一的母女诺贝尔奖得主之一

• Served as French undersecretary of state for scientific research

  担任法国科学研究国务副秘书

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Irène Joliot-Curie — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Joliot-Curie
2. Nobel Prize: Irène Joliot-Curie — https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1935/joliot-curie/