After having started her studies at the faculty of science in paris, she served as a nurse radiographer during the first world war. After the war she assisted her mother at the radium institute in paris, meanwhile completing her doctorate. While she was not a part of the manhattan project, her earlier research was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. Irène curie, born on september 12, 1897, in paris, is a prominent figure in french science As the eldest daughter of the renowned scientists pierre and marie curie, irène grew up in an intellectually stimulating environment that profoundly influenced her scientific career. In 1935, she and her husband shared the nobel prize in chemistry for their work on the synthesis of new radioactive elements.
Like her mother, exposure to radiation caused irène’s premature death.
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