Joliot-Curie
n 1: French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new
chemical elements (1897-1956) [syn: {Joliot-Curie}, {Irene
Joliot-Curie}]
2: French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and
who worked with Marie Curie's 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}]