The Curie Family (3rd ed.)

Marie and Pierre Curie, their daughter Irene Joliot-Curie, and her husband Frederic Joliot-Curie were one of science's most remarkable and influential families. Their painstaking research into the mysteries of radioactivity allowed scientists to reach a new understanding about the structure of atoms and opened a new field of medical treatment. The Curies' startling discoveries were major factors in the development of nuclear physics. This new branch of science would have profound implications fo