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Together with his wife Marie, Pierre Curie discovered the radioactive elements polonium and radium. Several years earlier, working with his brother Jacques, he had discovered the piezoelectric effect in crystals.
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Schils, R. (2012). Pierre Curie. In: How James Watt Invented the Copier. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0860-4_18
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