3 lives in this collection worked in nuclear chemistry, from 1879 to today. Each has a full course on their life and the mathematics and physics they made.
Often together with: radiochemistry, nuclear physics. All fields
German chemist who founded radiochemistry, co-discovered protactinium with Lise Meitner, identified barium among the products of irradiated uranium with Fritz Strassmann, and received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission.
radiochemistry, nuclear chemistry
French physicist and chemist who with Frédéric Joliot discovered artificial radioactivity, and whose 1938 work with Pavle Savić on neutron-irradiated uranium helped lead to the discovery of fission.
radioactivity, nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry
French physicist and chemist who with Irène Joliot-Curie discovered artificial radioactivity, showed that uranium fission releases neutrons, and led the first French Atomic Energy Commission.
nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, radiochemistry