Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2142

ANTOINE HENRI BECQUEREL (1852-1908) Récherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière; activité radiante spontanée ou radio-activité de la matière. Firmin-Didot 1903 360 pp., diagrs., tables, 13 plates. 28.6 cm.

Becquerel, a French physicist, accidentally discovered the phenomenon of radioactivity in 1896, when he suffered a burn from carrying uranium in his pocket. In 1903 he shared the Nobel prize for physics with Marie (see No. 2261) and Pierre (see No. 2223) Curie, who were his pupils and friends and who were inspired by Becquerel's research in radioactivity.

See Related Record(s): 2261 2223

Cited references: Cushing B228

Gift of John Martin, M.D.