Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curiewas a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. In 1903 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Skłodowska-Curie, and Henri Becquerel, "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel"...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 May 1859
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
It is important to make a dream of life and a dream reality.
Radium could be very dangerous in criminal hands.
Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.
Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful.
It would be a fine thing, in which I hardly dare believe, to pass our lives near each other, hypnotized by our dreams.