Pierre Curie Killed: Radioactivity Pioneer Dies in Paris
Pierre Curie slipped on a rain-soaked Paris street in April 1906 and fell under a horse-drawn wagon. The wheel crushed his skull instantly. He was 46. He and Marie had already won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for their work on radioactivity. He had also discovered piezoelectricity -- the generation of electric charge in certain crystals under pressure -- which is the principle behind the microphones and speakers in every electronic device made since. Marie carried their research forward alone.
April 19, 1906
120 years ago
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