NOUN | person | Jean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot, Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie | French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie) |
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Meaning | French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958). | |
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Synonyms | Joliot, Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie | |
Instance of | physicist | A scientist trained in physics |
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