Frédéric Joliot-Curie

1935

Nobel Prize in Chemistry won for recognition of synthesis of new radioactive elements.

Co-awardees

Yes, I remember that slightly. It was a time we shifted from living in Paris in an apartment there to a new house built for them in the suburb. In fact, they received this telegram at home, and I have a slight feeling of this telegram and my parents saying: Well we have won the Nobel Prize, but this did not mean so much for me.

Hélène Langevin-Joliot talking about her parents, Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie, winning the Nobel Prize

Interview of Hélène Langevin-Joliot by Azam Niroomand-Rad on 2003 April 13

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