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Irene Joliot-Curie

Physicist, Chemist

Irene Joliot-Curie was a pioneering physicist and Nobel laureate known for her work in radioactivity and her advocacy for women in science.

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Irene Joliot-Curie Physicist, Chemist

"That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother [Marie Curie] has told us always, but never that science was the only career worth following."

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