French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)
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Non-SI unit of radioactivity.
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Examples for "ci "
Examples for "ci "
1 As to the tomb of the Julian family, see AUGUSTUS, c. ci .
2 The wine served by Tang Wan in Lu You's ci poem.
3 Grant, who began the war smoking his meerschaum pipe, switched full-time to ci gars.
4 The First Variations were those on La ci darem, Op.
5 Encore vingt ou trente ans de cette vie - ci , et puis nous songerons a nous.
French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
1 Fortunately the student was a recent émigré from Poland named Marie Curie .
2 Curie reacted to the sorry affair by throwing herself into her work.
3 Zala turned to run, but Curie slammed a leg in our way.
4 Curie put up a mild defense, but she had absorbed too much.
5 Amid those adventures, Hevesy continued to collaborate with colleagues, including Joliot - Curie .
6 On that day, Prof Curie had intended to visit his publisher.
7 I said if he was an artist, I was Madame Curie .
8 Has there ever been a scientist as courageous as Madam Curie ?
9 Marie Curie , Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison more-or-less abandoned their families.
10 Curie howled triumphantly and returned to her journey toward the tower.
11 Her hero is Marie Curie , another Polish scientist who won two Nobel prizes.
12 She yanked off an arm and bashed Curie across the dome with it.
13 Shrieking, the Curie bot smashed nearby buildings with her flailing limbs.
14 We cleared the wreck just as Curie wrapped her metallic hands around it.
15 With a triumphant howl, Curie hurled us away like a Frisbee.
16 That's why they never mention Madame Curie without the poor Monsieur!
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