Partners in love and science by David Johnson Unable to continue her studies in Poland because universities did not admit women, Maria Sklodowska Curie traveled to Paris in 1891 to…
(Encyclopedia) CurieCuriekürēˈ [key], family of French scientists. Pierre Curie, 1859–1906, scientist, and his wife, Marie Sklodowska Curie, 1867–1934, chemist and physicist, b. Warsaw, are known for…
(Encyclopedia) Joliot-CurieJoliot-Curiezhôlyōˈ-kürēˈ [key], French scientists who were husband and wife. Frédéric Joliot-CurieFrédéric Joliot-Curiefrādārēkˈ [key], 1900–1958, formerly Frédéric Joliot…
Distributor:Devine EntertainmentAge Level:8 and older In World War I Paris, two sisters follow a woman they suspect is a spy, only to discover that she is Marie Curie. This fictionalized biography…
writerBorn: 1961Best Known as: author who wrote Vernon God Little Birthplace: Australia DBC Pierre was the winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 2003…
Infoplease has everything you need to know about Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Saint Pierre and Miquelon's geography, history…
(Encyclopedia) PierrePierrepēr [key], city (1990 pop. 12,906), state capital (since 1889) and seat of Hughes co., central S.Dak., on the east bank of the Missouri River, opposite Fort Pierre; inc.…
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1847; 1849-1853
Party: Democrat; Democrat
SOULÉ, Pierre, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Castillon-en-Couserans, near Bordeaux, France, August 31,…
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(Encyclopedia) Flourens, Pierre (Marie Jean Pierre Flourens)Flourens, Pierrepyĕr fl&oomacr;räNsˈ [key], 1794–1867, French physiologist. He demonstrated the respiratory center in the medulla and…
