Pierre Curie was a French physicist and chemist, and a pioneer in crystallography and magnetism. He shared one half of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, for their work on radioactivity. With their win, the Curies became the first married couple to win a Nobel Prize, launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes.
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| Subject | Pierre Curie |
| Category | French physicist and chemist (1859–1906) |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 1903 |
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