French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956)
[ Syn: joliot-curie , irene joliot-curie ]
French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curies assistant and who worked with Marie Curies daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958)
[ Syn: joliot , jean-frederic joliot , joliot-curie , jean-frederic joliot-curie ]